Maui Coronavirus Updates

“Now, because our younger population is not vaccinated, while our older population is vaccinated, the younger people are being hospitalized. I saw a 23 year old in the Intensive Care Unit on Oʻahu yesterday. Fifty-one of our citizens are on ventilators. Half of them are likely to pass away from COVID,” said Lt. Gov. Green.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health issued a medical advisory recommending that moderately to severely immunocompromised individuals should receive an additional dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine after the initial two doses.

There were 752 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Thursday. The latest data represents an average of 743 cases per day for the state over the past seven days, and more than 8,900 cases over two weeks.

A walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic takes place this Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Pā‘ina Building on the University of Hawai‘i Maui College campus in Kahului.

On Maui, there were 39 cases reported last week, including 11 at Kahului Elementary on Maui, the most of any in the state. This resulted in quarantine for multiple students and classrooms, according to HSTA representatives.

More than 500 experienced healthcare professionals from out of state will be deployed to 19 hospitals statewide in the coming weeks with funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Hawai‘i will receive $46 million in federal funding to bring in traveling healthcare workers through staffing services from ProLink Healthcare.

There were 647 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Wednesday. The latest data represents an average of 714 cases per day for the state over the past seven days, and more than 8,800 cases over two weeks. This spike in cases comes amid a rise in cases involving the Delta variant.

A drive-through COVID-19 testing site opens at the Mauliola Pharmacy in Wailuku. It’s part of an expanded network being rolled out by the state Department of Health.

Today, public health and public health and medical experts laid out plans for the administration of COVID-19 booster shots in the US, beginning the week of Sept. 20, pending FDA approval.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations on Maui dropped from 39 yesterday to 31 today, but the recent surge in cases is taking a toll, hospital executives said.

Minit Medical went from testing a couple of hundred people per week in July to testing close to 1,000 this week alone. That does not include testing that is conducted at other sites/providers throughout the county, which are also reporting heavy demand.

There were 460 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Tuesday. The latest data represents an average of 689 cases per day for the state over the past seven days, and more than 8,500 cases over two weeks.

Maui Memorial Medical Center continues to experience an increase in COVID-19 positive admissions. Today, the Maui hospital is caring for 39 COVID-19 positive patients with seven in intensive care and four on a ventilator. Of these 39 patients, 51% are 59 years of age and younger.

Of today’s 539 cases, there were 529 cases identified as confirmed, and 10 probable cases were added to the count. The confirmed cases included: 368 on O‘ahu (+8 probable); 81 on Hawai‘i Island (-1 probable); 49 on Maui; 14 on Kaua‘i; Molokaʻi (+3 probable); and 17 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Drive through COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinics are available at multiple locations on Maui.

There were 845 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Sunday. The latest data represents an average of 671 cases per day for the state over the past seven days.

There were 791 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including: 542 on O‘ahu (+2 probable); 129 on Hawai‘i Island (+5 probable); 59 on Maui (+6 probable); 13 on Kaua‘i (+2 probable); five Molokaʻi (+1 probable); and 22 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+5 probable).

For the second time this week, hundreds of people gathered for a demonstration in Wailuku advocating for medical freedoms amid vaccination mandates.

The Maui hospital in collaboration with the Healthcare Association of Hawaiʻi, will be welcoming several rapid response nurses and respiratory therapists to assist in caring for COVID-19 patients.

Schools and complex areas across the state reported a total of 325 confirmed cases between Aug. 7 and 13, including 39 cases in Maui County.