Department of Health:
41 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported
Forty-one (41) new cases of COVID-19 were reported by DOH Tuesday. This is the highest case count since the pandemic began earlier this year. Thirty-eight (38) of those cases are in Honolulu, one (1) on Hawai‘i Island, and two (2) on Kaua‘i.
State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Park said, “This latest report shows COVID-19 is widely circulating in our community. The numbers today will likely continue, at least at this level, if people continue to disregard using their masks and practice physical distancing.
While we have an increased number of staff at DOH and are in the process of hiring newly trained contact tracers, the community must adhere to the guidelines - as no amount of contact tracing and testing will combat a respiratory pathogen.”
DOH is also continuing to monitor a cluster associated with Hawaiian Airlines, which now involves 15 cases; 13 staff and two close contacts of those employees. Community outreach and testing activities continue.
Source: Hawai'i State Department of Health