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Hawai‘i COVID-19 Cases

News Release from Hawaii DoH, September 23, 2020

On 9/23/2020, the Hawai‘i Department of Health reported 168 new positive cases. There is one new case on Moloka‘i, 13 on Hawai‘i Island and 154 on O‘ahu for a cumulative total of 11,689 cases statewide (reported since 2/28/2020). One previous case was removed due to updated laboratory information.

A total of 286,785 individuals have been tested in the state.  (2,716 new tests)

168 / 2,716 = 6.2% positive   

Detailed information and data about COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i is available at:

Latest Cases in Hawai'i | Current Situation in Hawai'i  | COVID-19 Data DashboardTracking COVID-19

LATEST CASES IN HAWAI‘I

MORE DETAILS 

Total cases:11689* (168 new)

Hawai’i County:672

Honolulu County:10546

Kaua’i County:57

Maui County:386†

Pending:0

Residents diagnosed outside of Hawai‘i:28

Required Hospitalization:763‡ (14 new hospitalizations)

Hawaii deaths:122 (2 new deaths)

Released from Isolation:5125§ (133 new releases) 

Cumulative totals as of 12:00pm, September 23, 2020

*As a result of updated information, one case from Honolulu was removed from the counts.

†One case is a Lanai resident whose exposure is on Maui Island and who will be remaining on Maui Island for the interim.

‡Includes Hawaii residents hospitalized out of state.

§Includes cases that meet isolation release criteria (Isolation should be maintained until at least 3 days (72 hours) after resolution of fever and myalgia without the use of antipyretics OR at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset, whichever is longer). (The cases that have died and one case that has left the jurisdiction have been removed from these counts).

Positive cases include presumptive and confirmed cases, and Hawaii residents and non-residents; data are preliminary and subject to change. Note that CDC provides case counts according to states of residence.

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HAWAI‘I COVID-19 JOINT INFORMATION CENTER 

DAILY NEWS DIGEST 

September 23, 2020 

 

Department of Health: 

Two Deaths and 168 New Cases Reported Today  

Two (2) O‘ahu residents increase Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death count to 122 people. A man, 80-years-old or older, passed away while hospitalized. Both he and a woman in the 70 to 79-year old age group had underlying health conditions. She passed away at home. DOH is reporting a triple-digit increase in cases today, with 168 new cases.  

 

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 12:00 noon, Sept. 23, 2020     

Island of Diagnosis     

New Cases     

Reported since     

2/28/2020     

(including new cases)   

O‘ahu     

154 

10,546++ 

Hawai‘i     

13 

672 

Maui    

369 

Kaua‘i    

57 

Moloka‘i     

17++ 

Lānaʻi 

HI residents diagnosed outside of HI    

28 

Total Cases     

168 

11,689 

Deaths     

122 

Hospitalization count as of 9/22/20 at 5:45 pm: 18-Hawai‘i, 0-Maui, 145-O‘ahu, 0-Kaua‘i   

++ One (1) case from Molokai was not added to this chart on 9-18-20. As the result of updated information, one case from Honolulu was removed from the counts. 

 

Laboratory* Testing Data     

There were 2,716 additional COVID-19 tests reported via electronic laboratory reporting 

Total Number of Individuals Tested by Clinical and State Laboratories     

Positive 

Negative 

286,785** 

11,689 

275,072 

Total Number of Surge Tests++ 

 

 

56,260 

341 

55,919 

*Electronic Laboratory Reporting **24 test results were inconclusive     

++ Tests results from unique individuals. Total numbers may be higher due to repeat tests on single individuals. 

 

Hawaiicovid19.com 

 

For more tables, charts and visualizations visit the DOH Disease Outbreak Control Division:https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii 

 

Department of Transportation:  

HDOT Joins the Fight Against Human Trafficking   

Hawai‘i is taking another step in an effort to fight human trafficking. HDOT announced Wednesday it is helping to forge an outreach campaign to combat human trafficking through a “Blue Lightning Initiative (BLI) program. Personnel within the aviation industry will be trained on how to combat human trafficking and spot warning signs. HDOT is doing this in partnership with the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. Dept. of Transportation (U.S. DOT). Gov. David Ige said, “The State of Hawai‘i and the HDOT Airports Division fully support the anti-human trafficking goals of the BLI. This agreement affirms and recognizes our goal to completely eradicate all forms of human trafficking. We will do everything in our power to work with the federal government in ending these heinous crimes.”  

 

HDOT Director Jade Butay said, “The practice of human trafficking is a scourge to humanity, and it must end. HDOT is anxious to empower our employees and partners within the aviation industry with the knowledge to recognize and report suspected instances of human trafficking.”   

  

State leaders have also pointed out that COVID-19 has made many vulnerable to human trafficking. HDOT Deputy Director Lynn Araki-Regan said, “With high unemployment and changing conditions around the world impacted by COVID-19, people may find themselves forced or inadvertently lured to the false promises of traffickers. Our message is that human trafficking will not be tolerated. We cannot allow our transportation system to be an enabler in such atrocious acts.”  

 

To report child trafficking, call the State of Hawai‘i Department of Human Services Child Trafficking (Child Welfare Services) Hotline at (808) 832-1999 (O‘ahu) or 1-888-398-1188 (Neighbor Islands). As always, in the event of an immediate emergency, call 911. For more details please see the full news release:https://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2020/09/23/hdot-joins-the-fight-against-human-trafficking/ 

 

Department of the Attorney General: 

Returning Resident Arrested for Quarantine Violation 

58-year-old Sharon Ann Kotoshirodo of Waipahu is accused of shopping three different times at a local grocery store after arriving back in Honolulu last Sunday. This is a violation of the State’s mandatory quarantine rule. She was arrested this morning by Special Agents from the Investigations Division of the AG’s office, booked, charged and bailed out on a $2,000 bail. 

  

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