More than one-fifth of the 156 new COVID-19 cases in Hawaii on Wednesday were located on Hawaii Island.
More than one-fifth of the 156 new COVID-19 cases in Hawaii on Wednesday were located on Hawaii Island.
With the new cases, the state has now recorded 15,473 COVID-19 cases since Feb. 28. Hawaii Island has seen 1,332 cases during that time.
As of noon Wednesday, 3,296 of the known cases in the Aloha State were considered active, including 356 cases on Hawaii Island. An active case is defined as an individual who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is being monitored by the Department of Health.
Statewide, 57 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized Wednesday, including eight on Hawaii Island.
No new coronavirus-related deaths were reported by the state on Wednesday. Of the 219 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed and reported to date, 170 were on Oahu, 17 were on Maui, one on Lanai, 31 were on Hawaii Island and one was a Kauai resident receiving treatment in Arizona at the time he died.
Hawaii County Civil Civil Defense on Tuesday reported eight new coronavirus-related deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities on Hawaii Island to 48.
The state has yet to confirm 17 of the deaths reported to date on Hawaii Island. Twenty-seven of the deaths were among residents of the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo and four were at Kona Community Hospital.
