Kona Community Hospital has confirmed its first death from COVID-19.  Judy Donovan, Marketing and Strategic Planning Director, said the death occurred Monday and was a patient who had come into the Emergency Room.

There is no other detail available at this time.

This brings the island’s death toll from COVID-19 to 35.  Earlier today, Hilo Medical Center’s daily report included the deaths of 5 community members, 27 residents from Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home, and 2 people who were at Life Care Center of Hilo.

The State Department of Health so far is only formally reporting 15 of the island’s deaths.

Click here for an earlier story about COVID-19 deaths on Hawaii Island.