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Island has 13 new cases, state 134

December 21, 2020 at 1:06 pm sbracken
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Today, the State Department of Health confirmed 134 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, bringing the total number to 20,351.

The Big Island has 13 new cases, bringing the island’s total to 1,803. The island has had 50 deaths from COVID-19 out of the state’s 282 total deaths attributed to COVID-19.

There are now two FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines, one by Pfizer/BioNTech and one by Moderna.  The State is receiving both, and has a priority list for how vaccines will be distributed.  Both Kona Community Hospital and Hilo Medical Center are receiving vaccines today–Kona Hospital has already received vaccines.   The first priority is health care workers. Dr. Jill Hoggard Green, CEO of Queen’s Medical Center on O’ahu, said today during the House Committee on COVID-19 that Queen’s North Hawaii Community Hospital will receive part of the Kona Hospital shipment and plans to begin vaccinating health care workers tomorrow.

The State DOH report, which reflects numbers as of testing on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020:

Where Total New 
State 20,351 134
Hawaii County   1,816   13
Oahu 17,158 104
Maui     785   14
Kaua’i     138     1
Out of state     326     2
Lanai     106     0
Molokai      22     0
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