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Hawaii records 3 new coronavirus-related deaths, 195 additional infections

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                People relaxed along the shores of Waikiki on July 08.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

People relaxed along the shores of Waikiki on July 08.

Hawaii Department of Health officials today reported three new coronavirus-related deaths and 195 new confirmed and probable infections statewide, bringing the state’s totals since the start of the pandemic to 811 fatalities and 80,323 cases.

The latest deaths were on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island — each island had one each. No further information was immediately available regarding the latest deaths.

The state’s official coronavirus-related death toll includes 615 fatalities on Oahu, 88 on Maui, 94 on Hawaii island, eight on Kauai, one on Molokai and five Hawaii residents who died outside the state.

The U.S. coronavirus-related death toll today is over 701,000 and the nationwide infection tally is more than 43.7 million.

Today’s new confirmed and probable infection count by island includes 118 new cases on Oahu, 16 on Maui, 40 on Hawaii island, 14 on Kauai and seven Hawaii residents diagnosed outside the state.

State health officials have been including probable infections in its total case counts. Probable infections include people who never received a confirmatory test but are believed to have had the virus because of their known exposure and symptoms or because of a positive antigen test.

The total number of confirmed and probable coronavirus cases by island since the start of the outbreak are 55,768 on Oahu, 9,162 on Maui, 10,249 in Hawaii County, 2,327 on Kauai, 139 on Lanai and 231 on Molokai. There are also 2,447 Hawaii residents who were diagnosed outside of the state.

Health officials also said today that, of the state’s total infection count, 4,238 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 state’s total number of active cases decreased today by 222.

By island, Oahu has 2,836 active cases, the Big Island has 734, Maui has 348, Kauai has 294 and Molokai has 26.

The latest Hawaii COVID-19 vaccine summary says 2,031,325 vaccine doses have been administered through state and federal distribution programs as of Sunday, up 18,871 from Friday. Health officials say that 68.2% of the state’s population is now fully vaccinated, and 76.6% have received at least one dose.

Of all the confirmed Hawaii infection cases, 4,382 have required hospitalizations, with 11 new hospitalizations reported today.

Twenty hospitalizations in the overall statewide count are Hawaii residents who were diagnosed and treated outside the state. Of the 4,362 hospitalizations within the state, 3,487 have been on Oahu, 483 on Maui, 335 on the Big Island, 48 on Kauai, five on Lanai and four on Molokai.

According to the latest information from the department’s Hawaii COVID-19 Data dashboard, a total of 179 patients with the virus were in Hawaii hospitals as of today, with 40 in intensive care units and 33 on ventilators.

The seven-day average case count for Oahu is 173 and the seven-day average positivity rate is 3.7%, state health officials said today.


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


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