The State has added 64 new COVID-19 cases, according to today’s report from the State Department of Health. This follows 5 days of triple-digit increases. The state’s total is now 16,010.

O’ahu had the biggest increase, with 53 new cases.  There were 5 residents out of state who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and 2 on Kaua’i.  None of the Maui County islands had new cases.  Lana’i, after an outbreak that caused 106 cases, seems to have brought the virus under control.  In the Monday meeting of the State House Select Committee on COVID-19, the participants including Ray Vara, CEO of Hawaii Pacific Health; Carl Bonham of UHERO (University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization) and House Speaker Scott Saiki, praised the quick response of health officials and Lana’i residents.  There was immediate testing, and residents all quarantined inside their homes for 14 days, except for essential trips to the store or doctor.

On the Big Island, there are 4 new cases, bringing the island’s total to 1,409. There have been 68 residents requiring hospitalization, and 48 people have died from COVID-19. The State is only reporting 31 of those who have passed in its official total of 221.

The State DOH frequently changes the information it releases. That has happened often with the scale and information in maps, and today, there is no longer information about the number of people with COVID-19 who have been released from isolation. That makes it impossible to know on a state or island level how many people on the island have active cases, although the replacement, new cases in the last 14 days, gives an “approximation,” according to the State DOH notes today.  For Hawaii Island, that number–new cases in the past 14 days–is 179.  On Friday, the day before the State DOH stopped reporting cases released from isolation without explanation, the number of active cases on the Big Island was 356.   The new report, cases diagnosed within the past 14 days, fails to count those who may be hospitalized or at home longer than 14 days with active infections.

Statewide, 22% of the cases of COVID-19 are in people ages 18 to 29, followed by ages 30 to 39 (18%), and then 40 to 49 (15%).  This morning, Hawaii County Civil Defense said most of the island’s newest cases are not travel-related, but being spread among residents.  Most are in West Hawaii and in those 40 and younger, consistent with State statistics.

The State’s daily report, released around 3 p.m.: