(BIVN) – There were 4,381 new cases of COVID-19 identified in the State of Hawaiʻi this week, down from the 5,362 reported last week. Of that number, 516 new cases were identified on Hawaiʻi island, down from the 578 cases reported the week before.
The average test positivity rate on Hawaiʻi island this week was 12.5%, a slight increase from the 12.0% reported the week before.
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported twenty (20) deaths with COVID-19 this week.
On the Health Department’s zip code area map showing reported COVID-19 cases with onset dates in the past 14 days, there are fifteen (15) zip code areas on the Big Island showing over 11 cases. Zip code areas not listed below have recorded 10 cases or less in 14 days.
- 96720 (Hilo) – 311 cases
- 96749 (Keaʻau) – 94 cases
- 96760 (Kurtistown) – 16 cases
- 96771 (Puna mauka) – 30 cases
- 96778 (Puna makai) – 89 cases
- 96704* (South Kona) – 23 cases
- 96750 (Kealakekua) – 33 cases
- 96725 (Hōlualoa) – 19 cases
- 96740 (Kona) – 170 cases
- 96738 (Waikoloa) – 38 cases
- 96743 (Kohala/Waimea) – 54 cases
- 96755 (Kpaʻau) – 11 cases
- 96727 (Hāmākua) – 24 cases
- 96773* (Hakalau) – 12 cases
- 96781 (Papaikou) – 12 cases
* The 96773 zip code area includes zip code areas 96710, 96774, 96728, 96764, and 96780. The 96704 zip code area includes zip code areas 96726.
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STORY SUMMARY
HAWAIʻI ISLAND - New COVID cases identified on Hawaiʻi island remain steady on a week-to-week basis. Statewide, reported numbers are down.