Maui Coronavirus Updates

There are 248 new COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi today including: 228 on Oʻahu, 12 on Maui and eight on Hawaiʻi Island. This marks the 20th consecutive day that the daily count has been in the triple digits.  More than 96% of the active cases statewide are on the island of Oʻahu.

Contact tracing on Maui includes 24 health investigators and 20 Hawaiʻi National Guard soldiers, according to a spokesperson with the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health.

The Governance, Ethics and Transparency Committee will consider whether to ask the state Legislature to amend the Sunshine Law to allow for remote meetings.  The committee meeting will take place online on Tuesday at 9 a.m. 

There are 284 new COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi today including: 259 on Oʻahu, 15 on Hawaiʻi Island and 10 on Maui.  One of the Maui cases yesterday was on the island of Molokaʻi. The state Department of Health reports that an O‘ahu resident is the state’s 47th COVID-19 death. Details are pending release. This marks the 19th consecutive day that the daily count has been in the triple digits, with a record breaking 355 cases reported on Thursday, Aug. 13.  More than 96% of the active cases statewide are on the island of Oʻahu.

“For whatever anyone thinks about COVID-19 and the coronavirus, there’s one thing we know, as people of Hiʻiaka, as people of Laka, as people that come from this strong tradition of hula, we know that the end of three anahulu–if we focus on wellbeing, we will be better than we were 30 days before that,” said one of the organizers Kumu Hula Mehanaokala Hind.

Imua Family Services in partnership with Ready4K and Hawaiʻi Community Foundation has launched a digital texting program to support parents and families dealing with the impacts of the pandemic.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has updated its unemployment insurance claims information, including paying $2,829,332,666 and 2,737,142 weeks claimed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic on March 1, 2020. “We are still experiencing a significant increase of workers still attached to an employer being fully released from employment. These individuals will need […]

The 26th Annual Made in Hawaiʻi Festival is presenting a three-day virtual experience this year with culinary demonstrations from six Hawaiʻi chefs and live-stream entertainment from today through Aug. 23, 2020.  

Four TV shows will be filmed on Maui in October and December featuring Maui County products. The program will be televised Sunday nights on KHNL and KGMB, and re-broadcast Wednesday nights on KFVE.

Carden Academy of Maui in Pukalani reports that it received notification on Thursday that two students tested positive for COVID-19. The campus advisory panel, board of directors and nurse had already implemented a physical closure and conversion to distance learning on Wednesday, Aug. 19, prior to the positive case notifications.  

There are 230 new COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi today including: 209 on Oʻahu, 13 on Hawaiʻi Island, six on Maui and two on Kauaʻi. Of the 269 cases in Maui County, at least 166 have been released from isolation, and 35 have required hospitalization.  Based on the current numbers, there are 96 active cases in Maui County.

The rate on Maui Island was 22 percent in July, the highest in the state, followed by Kauaʻi’s 18.7 percent, Hawaiʻi County’s 12.8 percent, Honolulu’s 11.1 percent, Molokaʻi’s 7.9 percent and Lānaʻi’s 4.8 percent rate.  

More than 750 produce boxes were distributed to the Maui community on Saturday, August 15 at the Kapalua Village Center. Hosted by The Plantation Estate Lot Owners Association and Hua Momona Farms, fresh produce boxes were distributed to those in need.

Since March of 2020, the Maui Police Department has issued 1,069 citations for Rules and Order violations.  County officials say 410 of the citations were issued at a beach or a park.  

Maui Health identified two additional positive COVID-19 patients on Thursday, bringing the total number of infections at the facility since last week Thursday, Aug. 13, to 47.  Total infections over the past eight days include 26 patients and 21 health care workers.  

The installation of 133 cameras at all gates of the five airports completes phases one and two of the project. Phase three will add the facial imaging technology and is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 31, 2020.

The Lānaʻi man had underlying health conditions and had been hospitalized on Maui. State officials say his death is believed to be travel related. 

The governor’s latest supplementary emergency proclamation, which was signed today, includes a provision that empowers the counties to establish an Enhanced Movement Quarantine or EMQ through agreements with resort or hotel facilities.

The state has reported another triple digit increase in new COVID-19 cases with 236 new cases today including 230 on Oʻahu, one on Maui and five on Hawaiʻi Island.

Mayor Michael Victorino announced that production on the television show Temptation Island has been delayed due to current COVID-19 health and safety concerns in Maui County.