Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Hawai'i Free Press

Current Articles | Archives | Search

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

COVID Count: One New Case out of 641 Tests

By News Release @ 7:19 PM :: 3185 Views
 

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Cases

News Release from Hawaii DoH, May 19, 2020

On 5/19/2020, the Hawai‘i Department of Health reported one new positive case on Hawai'i Island for a cumulative total of 641 cases statewide (reported since 2/28/2020).

A total of 41,205 individuals have been tested in the state. (694 new tests)

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 Dashboard

LATEST CASES IN HAWAI‘I

MORE DETAILS

Total cases:641 (1 newly reported)

Hawai’i County:78

Honolulu County:415

Kaua’i County:21

Maui County:117†

Pending:0

Residents diagnosed outside of Hawai‘i:10

Required Hospitalization:82‡  (no new hospitalizations)

Hawaii deaths:17 (no new deaths)

Released from Isolation:578§ (four released today)

Cumulative totals as of 12:00pm, May 19, 2020

†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.

  *   *   *   *   *

HAWAI‘I COVID-19 JOINT INFORMATION CENTER

DAILY NEWS DIGEST

May 19, 2020

Department of Health:

One New Case of COVID-19 Reported

One (1) Hawai‘i island adult has tested positive for coronavirus according to the latest count from DOH. Investigators are attempting to determine if this case has any potential links for previous cases. The outbreak at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Kahului is now considered closed.

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 12:00 noon, May 19, 2020

Island of Diagnosis

New Cases

Reported since

2/28/2020

(including new cases)

Total Released from Isolation*

O‘ahu

0

415

385

Hawai‘i

1

78

76

Maui

0

115

95

Kaua‘i

0

21

20

Moloka‘i

0

2

2

Lana‘i

0

0

0

Residents Diagnosed outside HI

0

10

 

Unknown

0

0

 

Total**

1

641

 

Total released from isolation

 

 

578

Deaths

0

17

 

* Includes cases that meet isolation release criteria. Cases that have died and one case that left the jurisdiction have been removed from these counts.

Laboratory* Testing Data

There were 694 additional COVID-19 tests reported via electronic laboratory reporting.

Total Number of Individuals Tested

by Clinical and State Laboratories

Positive

Negative

41,205**

639

40,541

*Electronic Laboratory Reporting  **25 test results were inconclusive

 

 

 

  

Comments