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Hawaii sees 2,611 new coronavirus cases, bringing statewide total to 126,067

Hawaii Department of Health officials reported 2,611 new confirmed and probable coronavirus infections today, bringing the state’s total since the start of the pandemic to 126,067 cases.

No new virus-related fatalities were reported today so the statewide COVID-19 death toll remains 1,094.

The state’s official coronavirus-related death toll includes 805 fatalities on Oahu, 153 on Hawaii island, 105 on Maui, 18 on Kauai, two on Molokai and 11 Hawaii residents who died outside the state.

Hawaii Department of Health investigators find out the vaccination status of each positive case after the fact, which is why those statistics are not included side by side in the daily case counts, officials have previously said.

The U.S. coronavirus-related death toll today is over 825,000 and the nationwide infection tally is more than 56.3 million.

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Today’s new confirmed and probable infection count by island includes 1,934 new cases on Oahu, 156 on Hawaii island, 303 on Maui, 111 on Kauai, 33 on Molokai, 18 on Lanai and 56 Hawaii residents diagnosed outside the state.

State health officials have been including probable infections in its total case counts. Probable infections include people who never received a confirmatory test but are believed to have had the virus because of their known exposure and symptoms or because of a positive antigen test.

The total number of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases by island since the start of the outbreak are 89,995 on Oahu, 14,185 on Hawaii island, 13,106 on Maui, 4,452 on Kauai, 433 on Molokai and 214 on Lanai. There are also 3,682 Hawaii residents who were diagnosed outside of the state.

Health officials also said today that, of the state’s total infection count, 29,607 cases were considered to be active. Officials say they consider infections reported in the past 14 days to be a “proxy number for active cases.” The state’s total number of active cases increased today by 1,460.

By island, Oahu has 23,979 active cases, the Big Island has 2,053, Kauai has 1,057, Maui has 2,282, Molokai has 173 and Lanai has 63.

Health officials counted 10,586 new COVID-19 test results in today’s tally, for a 24.66% statewide positivity rate. The state’s 7-day average positivity rate is 17.8%, according to the Hawaii COVID-19 Data dashboard.

The seven-day average case count for Oahu is 2,095 and the seven-day average positivity rate is 20.2%, state health officials said today.

The latest Hawaii COVID-19 vaccine summary says 2,564,038 vaccine doses have been administered through state and federal distribution programs as of today, up 7,062 from a day earlier. Health officials say that 74.5% of the state’s population is now fully vaccinated, and 80.1% have received at least one dose.

Of all the confirmed Hawaii infection cases, 5,313 have required hospitalizations, with 17 new hospitalizations reported today.

Thirty hospitalizations in the overall statewide count are Hawaii residents who were diagnosed and treated outside the state. Of the 5,283 hospitalizations within the state, 4,038 have been on Oahu, 650 on Maui, 472 on the Big Island, 107 on Kauai, 11 on Molokai and five on Lanai.

According to the afternoon update from the department’s Hawaii COVID-19 Data dashboard, a total of 215 patients with the virus were in Hawaii hospitals as of today, with 25 in intensive care units and 13 on ventilators. That compares with 193 total COVID patients Tuesday, with 24 in ICUs and 14 on ventilators.

In a tweet earlier today, Lt. Gov. Josh Green put the number of COVID-positive patients hospitalized statewide at 201, with 81 of them having been vaccinated.


This breaking news story will be updated as more information becomes available.


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