Hawaii State Department of Health says that since mid-March through April 7, 15 healthcare workers at Maui Memorial Medical Center (MMMC) have been identified as COVID-19 positive by MMMC infection control staff. Four patients are under investigation as potentially linked to this cluster.
Since April 8 an additional 90 healthcare personnel and 36 patients have been tested. Some results are pending, but an additional 7 staff and 5 patients have tested positive, bringing the total number of people (healthcare workers and patients) under investigation to 31 as of yesterday.
By Monday, April 13, the hospital will have notified 194 patients who received care at MMMC by affected healthcare workers. DOH is assisting with telephone outreach and testing of impacted patients and healthcare providers is ongoing.