Hawaii Island recorded 13 cases among 73 new positive results announced by the Hawaii COVID-19 Joint Information Center Saturday bringing the island’s tally to 924 and the statewide tally to 13,371. Oahu reported 60 new cases. Maui and Kauai County reported no new cases.
Meanwhile, the University of the Nations Kona reported two new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases associated with the campus to 46. A total of four positive results have been reported the 955 staffers, family members and students this week after a cluster of cases were connected to the university earlier this month. The last batch of test results is expected today.
As of noon Saturday, 2,658 of those known cases were considered active, including 234 cases on Hawaii Island. An active case is defined as an individual who has tested positive for the coronavirus and is being monitored by the Department of Health.
According to the Department of Health, 141 cases have onset dates within 28 days in the Kailua-Kona area and 117 cases have onset dates within the past 28 days in the Hilo area.
Statewide, 929 COVID-19 patients have required hospitalization, including 48 on Hawaii Island, according to the center’s noon update.
Meanwhile, the state reported two new coronavirus-related deaths on Oahu.
Of the 168 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed and reported to date among Hawaii residents to date, 140 were on Oahu, 12 were on Maui, 15 were on Hawaii Island, and one was a Kauai resident receiving treatment in Arizona at the time he died.
Including a death Monday at Kona Community Hospital, a death Thursday at Hilo Medical Center and a death Friday at the Life Care Center of Hilo, Hawaii Island has seen 37 people die from the novel coronavirus. That figure includes 27 residents of the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo. The state has yet to confirm and report the last 22 deaths on the island.