COVID-19 Update: 565 New Cases in Hawai‘i, Maui has 38 Hospitalized
There were 565 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Monday. The latest data represents an average of 719 cases per day for the state over the past seven days, and a total of 9,520 cases over two weeks. This spike in cases comes amid a rise in cases involving the Delta variant.
Of today’s 565 cases, there were 495 cases identified as confirmed, and 70 probable cases were added to the count. The confirmed cases included: 308 on O‘ahu (+62 probable); 97 on Hawai‘i Island (+3 probable); 65 on Maui (+5 probable); 17 on Kaua‘i; and eight in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.
Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 deaths increased to 565, with one new death reported today. Details are pending release.
Today’s COVID case count includes all cases from the regular 24-hour reporting cycle that ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
In Maui County, there is an average of 85 new cases with a 7.4% test positivity rate over 14 days. This marks a 44% increase from Aug. 9 to Aug. 22, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 50.5 newly reported cases per day over the last seven days.
Statewide, there were 411 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday, (355 of them are unvaccinated/ 56 are fully or partially vaccinated), according to Lt. Gov. Josh Green. This is more than double (+149%) the 165 hospitalizations reported on Aug. 5, 2021. The state’s positivity rate is now at 8.3%.
There are a total of 38 individuals hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19, (30 are unvaccinated and eight are vaccinated) according to counts last updated on Aug. 24, 2021, from Maui Health. Of that number, six COVID patients are in the ICU and three are on ventilators.
*Note on ICU capacity: The Maui hospital needs to have adequate ICU nurses to care for the ICU patients that are in beds and will staff up and down based on need. This means that although beds are listed as still “available,” staffing would be needed to accommodate occupancy. According to Maui Health, capacity and staffing statistics are not static numbers, and are constantly shifting throughout a 24 hour period, with staffing based on census/capacity.
Hospital executives acknowledged that the recent surge in COVID cases is taking a toll on the hospital and that more staff is needed. Twenty FEMA nurses were due to arrive on Monday, which will mostly staff the Maui hospital’s ICU and Emergency Department, with more arriving next week.
Through Aug. 24, 2021, an estimated 1,833,678 doses of vaccine have been administered statewide. The state’s total population is 1,415,857. The DOH reports that 70.4% of the state population has had one dose of vaccination, and 62.1% have completed full vaccination. On Maui, the DOH reports that 65% of the total population in Maui County has initiated a vaccine, while 56% have completed a full course of vaccination.
Vaccination Requirement Announcements:
- State & County Workers: On Thursday, Aug. 5, Governor David Ige announced that all state and county employees are required to provide their vaccination status to their department, office or agency. If they cannot provide proof of vaccination by Aug. 16, they will be subject to regular COVID-19 testing.
- State House Members: Also on Aug. 5, the state House announced it would be implementing a vaccine requirement for members and staff by Sept. 30, 2021.
- Student Athletes, Staff, Volunteers: On Wednesday, Aug. 4, the state Department of Education announced all student-athletes, athletic staff and volunteers will need to be fully vaccinated by Sept. 24, 2021, to participate in school-sanctioned athletic activities for the 2021-22 school year.
- Three Hawaiʻi banks: Bank of Hawaii, First Hawaiian Bank and Territorial Savings Bank–announced that effective Sept. 30, they will require employees to show proof of full vaccination or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. Hawaiʻi State Federal Credit Union is the latest to announce it will require all of its 369 employees on Oʻahu and Maui to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Oct. 1, 2021.
- Maui Healthcare Providers Join in Announcing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Kīhei-Wailea Medical Center and Maui Medical Group have joined Maui Health, which includes Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital and Lānaʻi Community Hospital, in mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for all eligible employees and providers. All health care entities will follow their company vaccine mandate policy, which will include exemptions for a medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief that prohibits someone from receiving the vaccine.
- DOE to Implement Weekly COVID-19 Testing Requirement for Employees, Volunteers: If an employee can certify and provide proof of full vaccination, the employee will not be subject to the weekly testing requirement. This requirement applies to all HIDOE employees, including salaried and casuals/substitutes, as well as volunteers.
Kīhei has 157 cases, followed by Lahaina with 114, and Makawao with 82. The three locations are included in the dark blue category (51-200 cases) on DOH mapping.
Areas in the medium blue category (11-50 cases over two weeks) include: Haʻikū with 42 cases, Kula with 35 cases, Spreckelsville with 21 cases, and Hāna with 20 cases.
Other areas of Maui Island have low rates of infection ranging from 0-10 cases over two weeks. The new cases today bring the cumulative total of cases to 57,235 (confirmed and probable) statewide, reported since Feb. 28, 2020.
The cumulative total of cases in Maui County is 5,756 confirmed cases over the course of the pandemic. To date, there have been 116 confirmed cases on the island Molokaʻi, 123 on Lāna‘i and 5,517 on Maui.
There are 5,756 confirmed cases documented in Maui County over the course of the pandemic, plus an additional 1,284 probable cases, bringing the total cases attributed to the county to 7,040.
The state Department of Health has now lumped the probable and actual cases classified by zip code. The new totals are: Kahului (1599), followed by Wailuku (1423), Lahaina (1338), Kīhei (1028), Makawao (446), Haʻikū (254), Lānaʻi (126), Kula (175), Molokaʻi (154), Spreckelsville (102), and Hāna (45).
Cluster report: Updated Weekly (Aug. 19, 2021)
The state Department of Health released its updated weekly cluster report, detailing information on COVID-19 cases in certain settings.
The cluster report, which covers the period through Aug. 19, 2021, identified 21 active clusters in Maui County. There’s five clusters each in occupational settings and travel/lodging/tourism; two clusters each in educational settings, social gatherings and “other” locations; and once cluster each in a correctional facility, food supplier restaurant, construction/industrial site and a gym.
The report does not show how many of the infected individuals have recovered. While general categories have been identified, health officials have said that they don’t typically identify specific locations of clusters unless there is an “imminent health threat.”
To date, there have been 565 COVID-19 related deaths in Hawaiʻi including: 433 on Oʻahu, 66 in Maui County, 59 on Hawaiʻi Island, three on Kauaʻi and three deaths in residents diagnosed while out-of-state including one of an elderly Kaua‘i resident who died out of state, in Arizona, and another involving a male between the ages of 60-69 years old with underlying medical conditions who had been incarcerated out of state and died at a hospital.
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