No new COVID-19 cases reported on Big Island

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The state Department of Health reported three new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, all on Oahu, bringing the statewide total to 651 cases.

Two of the new cases were on Oahu and the other was on Maui, according to the department.

With the new cases, the City and County of Honolulu has now recorded 421 cases and Maui 119.

Hawaii County has now recorded 81 cases after the department said Saturday that a case was removed from the list as the result of “updated testing information.” All of the patients have since recovered and been released from isolation.

Kauai County’s tally remained at 20.

Ten of the total cases are Hawaii residents diagnosed outside the state but reported as Hawaii cases according to guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

There have been 17 coronavirus-related deaths reported in Hawaii, 11 on Oahu and six on Maui.

Of the statewide cases, 606 individuals have been released from isolation.