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
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