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Big Isle has 9 new COVID with 247 active. State adds 78.

October 21, 2020 at 12:31 pm sbracken
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The State Department of Health confirmed 78 new cases in the state today.  The state’s total count is now 14,233, with around2,842 active cases.

The state is counting 203 deaths.  That now includes 10 more of Hawaii County’s 40 deaths, up from 18 yesterday to 28.  The DOH says it has to confirm that each death was in reality a death because of COVID-19 before including it in the state count.  Hawaii County is now showing the second highest number of deaths from COVID-19, after O’ahu.

Today’s new cases include 65 on O’ahu and 4 on Maui.  Kaua’i has no new, and there were none new in out-of-state residents.

Hawaii County added 9 new cases of COVID-19.  The island’s total count is 1,091, with 247 active cases.

The State DOH noon report:

Hawaii County

Total Cases: 1,091
Released from Isolation: 804
Required Hospitalization: 58
Deaths: 28

 

Honolulu County

Total Cases: 12,617
Released from Isolation: 9,949
Required Hospitalization: 914
Deaths: 156

 

Kauai County

Total Cases: 60
Released from Isolation: 58
Required Hospitalization: 1
Deaths: 0

 

Maui County

Total Cases: 417
Released from Isolation: 377
Required Hospitalization: 58
Deaths: 18

 

Out of state

Total Cases: 48
Released from Isolation: 0
Required Hospitalization: 2
Deaths: 1

 

Pending

Total Cases: 0
Released from Isolation: 0
Required Hospitalization: 0
Deaths: 0
Tags: COVID-19 Hawaii, COVID-19 Hawaii County
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