60 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IN THE STATE, MARCH 4TH

4 new cases on island. Prior to Feb 15th, the last time there were no new cases in Hawaii County was on August 10th, 2020. There have been a total of 2,252 (4 new cases today) confirmed cases on Hawaiʻi Island according to DoH, with 29 cumulative cases on island in the last two weeks. 1 persons are hospitalized on the island via last report (HCCD). Hawaii Island Deaths Total: 53 – There have been no deaths reported in the last nine weeks, via HCCD. The latest positivity rate is at 0.4% on island, and the state's positivity is now at 1.0%. On Tuesday, (1.2.2021) there were 637 tests processed in Hawaii County.** 1,476 passenger arrivals on island March 3rd. On December 26th there were 2,333 passenger arrivals, surpassing the previous record for most arrivals since March and the start of the 14 days quarantine. 1,929 Passenger arrivals on Feb 11th represents the most arrivals since the Christmas travel bump. STATE STATS: Total Cases Statewide: 27,699* (+60 today) Cases in the past 14 days: 635 Total Hospitalizations: 1,891 (+6) Total Deaths: 441 (0) *As a result of updated information, two cases on Maui were recategorized to out-of-state, one case on Maui was recategorized to Kauai, and one case on Oahu was removed from the counts. ** Dept of Health is two days behind on the 7-day average tracking of test positivity. On Sundays and Mondays there are less tests processed than during the rest of the week.