Hawaii Island COVID-19 case count hits 820

State health officials reported Monday 52 new COVID-19 cases, including 10 on Hawaii Island, 41 on Oahu and one in Maui County.

With the new cases, the statewide COVID-19 tally reached 12,854 while Hawaii Island’s total number of cases since Feb. 28 hit 820, according to the Hawaii COVID-19 Joint Information Center. According to the Department of Health, 94 cases have onset dates within 28 days in the Kailua-Kona area and 104 cases have onset dates within the past 28 days in the Hilo area.

As of noon Monday, 2,384 of those known cases were considered active, including 181 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.

Statewide, 889 COVID-19 patients have required hospitalization, including 44 on Hawaii Island, according to the center’s noon update.

One new death was reported by the center on Monday on Oahu.

Of the 157 coronavirus-related deaths confirmed and reported to date among Hawaii residents to date, 129 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.

Hawaii County Civil Defense on Monday also reported a new death on Hawaii Island bringing the island’s death toll to 30. That figure includes 27 residents of the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. The state has yet to confirm the last 15 deaths.