One New COVID-19 Case Confirmed on Garden Island

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported one new case of COVID-19 on Monday, Jan. 11.

Today’s case is an adult female resident whose source of infection is travel-related. All active cases are in isolation, and one case remains hospitalized on O‘ahu. Close contacts are being identified, directed to quarantine, and offered testing.

Today’s case brings the number of active cases to 18, with 195 cumulative cases. Kaua‘i’s cumulative case count includes 168 confirmed locally, one probable, and 26 positive cases diagnosed elsewhere, as they received their pre-travel test results after arriving on island.

For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit www.kauai.gov/COVID-19. For more information on the state’s COVID-19 cases or the state’s Safe Travels program, visit hawaiicovid19.com.