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Hawaii reports 1 new coronavirus-related death and 54 additional infections

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                                Pedestrians without masks walk along Kalakaua Boulevard in Waikiki Monday.

JAMM AQUINO /JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM

Pedestrians without masks walk along Kalakaua Boulevard in Waikiki Monday.

Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported one new coronavirus-related death and 54 additional infections statewide, bringing the state’s totals since the start of the pandemic to 479 fatalities and 32,041 cases.

The latest death was on Oahu. No further information was immediately available regarding the latest death.

The state’s official coronavirus-related death toll includes 373 fatalities on Oahu, 53 on Hawaii island, 49 on Maui, one on Kauai and three Hawaii residents who died outside the state.

The U.S. coronavirus-related death toll today is more than 572,000 and the nationwide infection tally is over 32 million.

Today’s new statewide infection cases include 37 on Oahu, two on Kauai, eight on Maui, five on Hawaii island and two Hawaii residents diagnosed outside the state, according to health officials.

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The statistics released today reflect the new infection cases reported to the department on Sunday.

The total number of coronavirus cases by island since the start of the outbreak are 24,615 on Oahu, 3,335 on Maui, 2,682 in Hawaii County, 223 on Kauai, 111 on Lanai and 37 on Molokai. There are also 1,038 Hawaii residents who were diagnosed outside of the state.

Health officials also said today that of the state’s total infection count, 1,096 cases were considered to be active. Officials say they consider infections reported in the past 14 days to be a “proxy number for active cases.” The number of active cases in the state decreased by 14 today.

By island, Oahu has 785 active cases, Maui has 191, the Big Island has 93, Kauai has 24, Molokai has three and Lanai has none.

Health officials counted 2,986 new COVID-19 test results in today’s tally, for a 1.81% statewide positivity rate. The state’s 7-day average positivity rate is 1.4%, according to the Hawaii COVID-19 Data dashboard.

The Hawaii COVID-19 vaccine summary said that 1,172,923 vaccine doses have been administered through state and federal distribution programs as of today.

Of all the confirmed Hawaii infection cases, 2,114 have required hospitalizations, with 11 new hospitalizations reported today by state health officials.

Eight hospitalizations in the statewide count are Hawaii residents who were diagnosed and treated outside the state. Of the 2,106 hospitalizations within the state, 1,774 have been on Oahu, 201 on Maui, 116 on the Big Island, nine on Kauai, five on Lanai and one on Molokai.

According to the latest information from the department’s Hawaii COVID-19 Data dashboard, a total of 44 patients with the virus were in Hawaii hospitals as of today, with six in intensive care units and four on ventilators.

Oahu moved into the less-restrictive Tier 3 of the city’s four-tier economic recovery plan on Feb. 25 after being in Tier 2 since Oct. 22. Tier 3 permits social and outdoor recreational gatherings of up to 10 people, and restaurants to seat 10 people at a table. Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi on March 11 announced modifications to Tier 3, including allowing bars to reopen under the same conditions as restaurants and extending the curfew until midnight.

Honolulu will remain in Tier 3 of the city’s COVID-19 reopening framework until at least May 5.

Today’s seven-day average case count for Oahu is 59 and the seven-day average positivity rate is 1.9%, according to the mayor.


This breaking news story will be updated as more information becomes available.


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