142 New Cases of COVID-19 in the state, Dec 17th

15 new cases on island via Hawaii DoH. There have been a total of 1,763 (+15) confirmed cases on Hawaiʻi Island according to DoH. There has been 142 cases on island in the last two weeks. 3 currently hospitalized on the island (HCCD). Hawaii Island Deaths Total: 50 (+1) – "7 community at the Hilo Medical Center, 4 community at the Kona Community Hospital, 10 from Life Care Center, per their website, 27 from the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home." (HMC, Life Care Center). Two fatalities are outstanding from classification. The Department of Health reports one additional Hawaii Island resident has died on Oahu. 7-day average on test positivity on island is at 1.8%, the state's positivity rate is now at 2.4%. On Monday, (12.14.20) there were 358 tests processed on island. 971 passenger arrivals on island Dec 15th. The most passenger arrivals since March so far is 1,475 on Nov 21st, arrivals had a bump in the week before Thanksgiving, but has returned to levels closer to levels seen since the Oct 15th pre-travel screening program began. STATE STATS: Total Cases Statewide: 19,731* (+142 today) Cases in the past 14 days: 1,468 Total Hospitalizations: 1,382 (0) Total Deaths: 280 (+2) NOTE: Dept of Health on Big Island are at least a 1 month behind in processing deaths. DoH now lists 43 deaths of 50 reported by HCCD.