Maui Coronavirus Updates

There were 118 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 85 on O‘ahu, 23 on Hawai‘i Island, six on Maui, one on Kaua‘i and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed outside of the state. The cases on Maui included at least one case each in Kahului, Wailuku and Lahaina, and two cases in Kīhei.

Mayor Michael Victorino is urging Maui County farmers and ranchers to apply for $2.5 million in available federal funds for reimbursement of expenses for losses related to COVID-19 and for food sustainability.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced that the County of Maui, in partnership with Maui Economic Opportunity, will provide 6,000 Thanksgiving turkeys and fixings to residents impacted by COVID-19.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced today that Maui County has received approval from the Governor to issue a “Safer At Home” order for Lānaʻi residents and visitors, beginning Thursday, Nov. 12.

Drive-through COVID-19 testing will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hāna Ball Park in East Maui.

There were 78 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 62 on O‘ahu, five on Maui, four on Hawai‘i Island, and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The cases on Maui included two each in Kīhei and Wailuku and one Haʻikū.

To show how to gather safely for the holidays with ‘ohana, friends and co-workers, the Hawai‘i Department of Health has produced a new campaign called “How to Gather. For Real.” The campaign offers practical guidance that follows COVID-19 recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Drive-through COVID-19 testing will be held on Friday, Nov. 13, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the upper parking lot of the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center in Pukalani.

DOH recorded 64 additional cases of COVID-19 in the reporting period that ended at noon today. The majority are on O‘ahu with 53 new cases. No additional deaths were reported today.

There were 204,685 trans-Pacific and international travelers that arrived in Hawai‘I between Oct. 15 and yesterday, Nov. 8, 2020.  

US Senator Brian Schatz of Hawai‘i announced that Hawai‘i will receive $1,820,264 in federal funding to support the Housing Choice Voucher program. These funds will help support rental assistance programs for current voucher holders who lost their job or saw a significant reduction in income due to the pandemic.

There were 128 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 106 on O‘ahu, 19 on Hawai‘i Island, two on Maui, and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed outside of the state. Kaua‘i, Lānaʻi and Moloka‘i had no new cases today.

Hawaiʻi County is scaling back its post-arrival testing program citing logistics, and the the unsustainability of financial and resource commitments necessary to continue this program in its current form.

There were 128 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 108 on O‘ahu, 11 on Hawai‘i Island, two on Maui, two on Kauaʻi and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The new Maui cases included one each in Kahului and Haʻikū, according to map changes documented by the State Department of Health. Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased to at 220 with one additional death reported today on the island of O‘ahu. Details are pending release.

There were 122 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 87 on O‘ahu, 21 on Hawai‘i Island, six on Maui, one on Lānaʻi, one on Kauaʻi and six in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Moloka‘i had no new cases today. The new Maui cases included: 3 in Kahului, and one each in Kīhei, Haʻikū and Spreckelsville, according to map changes documented by the State Department of Health.

Maui Mayor Micael Victorijno discusses the restart of travel from Japan, updates on the COVID-19 outbreak on Lāna’i, Maui’s secondary post-arrival testing program, and challenges faced in other counties.

Two New York visitors were arrested on Maui for alleged violations of COVID-19 Rules and Orders relating to quarantine.

There were 100 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 66 on O‘ahu, 24 on Hawai‘i Island, one on Maui, one on Lānaʻi, one on Kauaʻi and seven in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. Moloka‘i had no new cases today. The new Maui case was in Kahului, according to map changes documented by the State Department of Health.

Maui police issued 61 citations over a five day period as part of an ongoing mask enforcement campaign that runs through the middle part of November.

There were 156 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 125 on O‘ahu, 21 on Hawai‘i Island, four on Maui, one on Lānaʻi, and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. The new Maui cases included: two in Kīhei, and one each in Makawao and Spreckelsville.