The Big Island’s COVID-19 case count increased to 2,487 with eight new cases reported on Thursday.
Statewide, a total of 114 new cases were reported by the Department of Health. Oahu reported 72 of those cases, Maui County 30 and Kauai none. Four residents were diagnosed while outside the state.
Statewide, to date, there have been 29,794 people who have tested positive for COVID-19. The Big Island on Thursday had a 1.7 test positivity rate, just under the statewide rate of 1.9%.
Over the past two weeks, the Big Island has reported 133 cases or an average of 11.9 cases per day. The majority of those cases have been in East Hawaii with the Hilo area reporting 50 cases and the Mountain View area 11. The Kailua-Kona area has reported 22 in the past 14 days.
However, according to the Department of Health’s cluster report issued Thursday no clusters have been under investigation during the past two weeks.
Statewide, 42 people were hospitalized Thursday, with two hospitalizations on the Big Island. To date, 2,330 people have required hospitalization, including 119 on the Big Island.
No new coronavirus-related deaths were reported on Thursday. Of the 463 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed and reported by the state to date, 366 were on Oahu, 40 were on Maui, 53 were on the Big Island and one on Kauai. Three deaths were among residents outside the state.
No deaths have been reported on the Big Island this year.