DOH Reports One New COVID Case Thursday

The Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 179 new cases of coronavirus Thursday, raising the statewide total to 23,908. Six new COVID-related fatalities were also reported.

Hawai‘i’s two-week average has now increased to 167 new cases daily, with a test positivity rate of 3%.

One new case was identified on Kaua‘i, according to DOH statistics. The state’s virus tracker, which maps cases by district across all islands, can be accessed here.

The island-by-island case count is as follows:

O‘ahu: 19,580
Hawai‘i: 2,050
Maui: 1,374
Kaua‘i: 170
Lana‘i: 106
Moloka‘i: 25
Pending: 0
Out-of-State: 603

A total of 1,596 individuals have been hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 infection since the pandemic began, while at least 318 people have died.