Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest July 21, 2020

Department of Health:

25 New Cases of COVID-19

21 new coronavirus cases on O‘ahu and four (4) on Maui are being investigated by DOH. 21 of the cases are adults and four (4) are pediatric. Two (2) of the cases on Maui are associated with a history of out-of-state travel. DOH is also investigating small clusters of cases associated with out-of-state workers, who were exempt from mandatory quarantine as critical infrastructure workers. There has been no spread beyond this cluster, as all involved workers were not interacting with the broader community as part of the exemption and are now in quarantine.

Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 12:00 noon, July 21, 2020

Island of Diagnosis	New Cases	Reported since 2/28/2020 (including new cases)	Total in hospitals
O‘ahu	21	1100	39
Hawai‘i	0	114	7
Maui	4	137	0
Kaua‘i	0	43	0
Moloka‘i	0	2	0
Lana‘i	0	0	0
Residents Diagnosed outside HI	0	22
Unknown	0	0
Total Cases	25	1418
Total hospitalized			46
Deaths	0	24

 

Laboratory* Testing Data

There were 1,399 additional COVID-19 tests reported via electronic laboratory reporting.

Total Number of Individuals Tested by Clinical and State Laboratories	Positive	Negative
108,182**	1,416	106,751

*Electronic Laboratory Reporting **15 test results were inconclusive

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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 the Attorney General:

California Couple Arrested for Quarantine Violation

This morning, Special Agents from the AG’s Investigative Division arrested 46-year-old Daniel George Kanaan and 48-year-old Lira Kanaan, both of Walnut Creek, California. The pair was arrested for violation of the State’s mandatory 14-day quarantine rule.

Residents of Waimanalo began reporting their activities to the group, Hawai‘i Quarantine Kapu Breakers, which in turn informed the investigations division. Residents were said to be angered by their “brazen,” actions, including swimming in the ocean every day since their arrival on

O‘ahu on July 7. The suspects’ bail was set at $2,000 each, which they posted, and were then released.

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority:

2,703 Passengers Arrive on Monday

Yesterday, a total of 2,703 people arrived in Hawai‘i including 607 visitors and 1,168 returning residents. There was a total of 26 arriving flights. This table shows the number of people who arrived by air from out of state yesterday but does not show interisland travel.

AIRPORT ARRIVALS FOR MONDAY, JULY 20, 2020

	KONA	MAUI	O‘AHU	LĪHUʻE	TOTAL
Crew	6	18	264		288
Transit		1	146		147
Military			211		211
Exempt			158		158
Relocate to Hawai‘i	13	2	109		124
Returning Resident	32	106	1,030		1,168
Visitor	33	50	524		607
GRAND TOTAL	84	177	2,442	0	2,703
Flights	1	3	22	0	26

https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org/media/4889/072120-passenger-count-press-release.pdf

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