Maui Coronavirus Updates

Governor David Ige has approved Maui County’s request to close bars and bar areas within restaurants for two weeks from Dec. 12 to 26, 2020.

Maui Health will be conducting a table-top exercise today to practice and isolate any issues in the transport and storage of the COVID-19 vaccine, when it arrives in Maui County.  

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is reporting the first positive case of COVID-19 in an adult resident of Kalaupapa Settlement in Kalawao County on the island of Moloka‘i.

Drive-through COVID-19 testing will be held on: Friday, Dec. 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Shops at Wailea in South Maui; and Wednesday, Dec. 16, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Paʻuwela Cannery in Haʻikū.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino is seeking approval from Gov. David Ige to temporarily close bars and bar areas within restaurants for two weeks, or until Dec. 26, 2020, to stem the recent double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases.

Governor David Ige announced today that state employees will be furloughed two days a month starting Jan. 1 of 2021, to balance the state budget. The state is projecting a $1.4 billion budget shortfall in the general fund for each of the next four years.

Matthew Tittor, 42, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 at around 6:54 p.m. at the Kahului Airport.

There were 80 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, including 45 on O‘ahu, 15 on Maui, 12 on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi had no new cases today.

An employee at Hoapili Hale (Wailuku courthouse) has tested positive for COVID-19, the Hawaii State Judiciary announced today.

There were 53 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Tuesday, including 39 on O‘ahu, six on Maui, five on Hawaiʻi Island, and three on Molokaʻi. The three Molokaʻi cases today were identified as household contacts. Health officials say one person had travel history, but it is unclear whether the transmission of the virus was from the traveler or as a result of community spread. The investigation is ongoing.

Thirty-three nursing homes in Hawai‘i will divide $582,015 in new federal funding for maintaining COVID-19 infection and mortality rates that were lower than the communities they served.

There were 81 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Monday, including 58 on O‘ahu, 12 on Maui, seven on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and three in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The Maui count today included four in Kīhei, three cases each in Kahului and Kula, two in Lahaina and one in Makawao.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined 13 state attorneys general to urge Congress to allocate funding and codify coverage protections to guarantee equitable and free distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The County of Maui Department of Liquor Control shut down the Lava Rock Bar & Grill in Kīhei for a 24-hour period this weekend after physical distancing violations were observed during an enforcement operation conducted in conjunction with the Maui Police Department.

There were 105 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 87 on O‘ahu, six on Maui, five on Hawaiʻi Island and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The Maui count today included two each in Kīhei and Wailuku and one case each in Lahaina and Haʻikū.

A Colorado man was arrested on Maui on Saturday morning for alleged violation of Rules and Orders relating to quarantine.  

The Hawai‘i State Department of Education reports that it was made aware of a COVID-19 case involving an employee who visited three Maui campuses — Pu‘u Kukui, Pōmaika‘i and Kula Elementary schools — between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. At each school, the individual’s interaction with students and staff was limited to one classroom.

There were 133 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 82 on O‘ahu, 15 on Maui, 13 on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Molokaʻi and 22 in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The Maui count today included six cases in Lahaina, two each in Kīhei and Kula, and one each in Kahului, Wailuku Makawao, Haʻikū and Molokaʻi.

Hawai‘i’s hospitals and healthcare systems, in close coordination with the Hawai‘i Department of Health, are gearing up to ensure that they are prepared for the arrival and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

A free drive-through COVID-19 testing will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 9, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center in Pukalani.