Governor’s Office:

6th Supplementary Proclamation Continues Stay-at-Homes Rules Until End of May

See full proclamation here: https://governor.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2004144-ATG_Sixth-Supplementary-Proclamation-for-COVID-19-distribution-signed.pdf

Department of Health:

Two New Cases of COVID-19 Reported

One (1) O‘ahu resident and one (1) Hawai‘i island resident diagnosed with coronavirus brings the state to total of 606 since Feb. 28, 2020. Both new cases are minors below the age of 18. Risk factors to-date include, 317 travel-associated cases, 224 community-spread cases, and 65 unknown.

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 12:00 noon, April 26, 2020

Island of Diagnosis New Cases Reported since

2/28/2020

(including new cases)

Total Released from Isolation
O‘ahu 1 396 346
Hawai‘i 1 70 49
Maui 0 110 74
Kaua‘i 0 21 19
Moloka‘i 0 2 0
Lana‘i 0 0 0
Residents Diagnosed outside HI 0 7
Unknown** 0 0
Total 2 606
Total released from isolation     482
Deaths 0 14  

** Refers to positive cases that have an unknown county of diagnosis at the time of this report. As more information becomes available for these cases, they are assigned to the proper County of Diagnosis. A negative number indicates the number of previously unknown cases that have now been assigned to a county.

Laboratory* Testing Data

Total Number of Individuals Tested by Clinical and State Laboratories Positive Negative
28,091** 604 27,465

*Electronic Laboratory Reporting       **22 test results were inconclusive.

For more tables please visit: https://health.hawaii.gov/docd/

Cluster Updates

All previously reported clusters of coronavirus infection are being monitored closely. There are no new updates.

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority:

Number of Flights Down, Number of Passengers Up for Saturday

Yesterday, 542 people arrived at Hawai‘i airports, including 135 visitors and 200 returning residents. There were 14 arriving flights on Friday and 467 total passengers. This table shows the number of people who arrived by air from out of state yesterday. The next table details interisland travel.

AIRPORT ARRIVALS FOR SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020

KONA MAUI O‘AHU LĪHUʻE TOTAL
Crew 4 95 99
Intended New Resident 1 49 1 51
Resident 14 182 4 200
Transit 1 56 57
Visitor 4 128 3 135
GRAND TOTAL 24 0 510 8 542
Flights 1 0 8 1 10

https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/media/4479/042620-passenger-count-press-release.pdf

Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism:

INTERISLAND AIRPORT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FOR APRIL 23, 2020

Arriving Airport

Departing Airport HNL KOA ITO OGG LIH MMK LNY JHM MUE Total

Departing

Honolulu (HNL) 0 71 92 89 50 12 3 0 0 317
Kona (KOA) 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 156
Hilo (ITO) 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99
Kahului (OGG) 175 5 0 0 0 11 15 0 5 211
Līhuʻe (LIH) 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73
Molokaʻi (MMK) 9 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 16
Lānaʻi (LYN) 3 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 19
Kapalua (JHM) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Waimea (MUE) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Arriving 515 76 92 112 50 23 18 0 5 891

Hawai‘i House of Representatives:

Select Committee to Get Reports On Federal Funding & Economy Restart

The House Select Committee on COVID-19 Economic and Financial Preparedness will hold its next Informational Briefing on the economic impact of COVID-19 in Hawaiʻi, tomorrow (Monday, April 27) beginning at 10 a.m.

U.S. Congressman Ed Case will update the committee on the most recent federal relief funding, and Rona Suzuki, State Department of Taxation Director, will update nonprofit access to FEMA funds. Major General Kenneth Hara, director of the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency, Alan Oshima, who is heading Governor David Ige’s Hawaiʻi Economic and Community Recovery & Resiliency Plan, and Hawaiʻi Medical Service Association President & CEO Dr. Mark Mugiishi will discuss plans for the State to incrementally reopen the economy.

Representative Richard Onishi will review how the $19 billion USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program will assist our farmers, ranchers and consumers.

The briefing, not open to the public, will be televised live on ‘Olelo channel 49 and will be aired live on the neighbor islands. The briefing can also be watched live online at https://olelo.org/ or on the House webcast page http://olelo.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=31.

For more information about the committee and to see related documents go to https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/specialcommittee.aspx?comm=cov&year=2020.

Hawai‘i State Judiciary:

Supreme Court To Hold Oral Argument Remotely
The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has announced it will use video conferencing to conduct its May 5 oral argument. This is the first time a supreme court oral argument will be held via video conference, with the five justices and the parties’ attorneys participating from separate locations. Anyone can view the proceedings live via the Judiciary’s YouTube channel. “During these unprecedented times, conducting oral arguments remotely helps to protect everyone’s health and safety, and live streaming provides the public with access to observe the proceeding while current courtroom restrictions are in place,” said Chief Justice Mark E Recktenwald. The case being heard is Carmichael,et al. vs. Board of Land and Natural Resources, et al, and will begin at 10 a.m. Until the COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed, future oral arguments are expected to be held in this manner. To view: YouTube.com/hawaiicourts.

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PDF: COVID-19 Daily News Digest April 26, 2020

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