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As Lāna‘i continues to see a spike in COVID-19 cases, the island is being put under a stay-at-home order starting Tuesday, Oct. 27, to mitigate the spread of the virus. The order was signed by Gov. David Ige this morning. It goes into effect after midnight tonight, at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

According to the report, unit demand was 8,200 unit nights (-96.2%), resulting in 5.4 percent occupancy (-68.8 percentage points) with an ADR of $236 (-34.0%). Maui County hotels were 16.5 percent occupied with an ADR of $149.

The group is presenting a letter to the mayor which outlines four mitigation strategies including: the establishment of a COVID-19 task force for Maui; the implementation of the Perseus app, an anonymous tracing app already approved by the County Council; a mandatory second test for visitors; and a mask wearing social distancing education campaign by the county.

There were 121 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 51 on Hawai‘i Island, 49 on the island of O‘ahu, 18 new cases in Maui County and one each on Kauaʻi and in a Hawaiʻi resident diagnosed outside of the state. On Lānaʻi, there were 16 new cases since yesterday, bringing the total number of infections associated with the recent outbreak to 78, since cases were first reported on Lānaʻi on Tuesday.  In addition to the the Lānaʻi outbreak, there was one case each in Kīhei and in Spreckelsville on the island of Maui.

Maui Now received multiple reports of a cluster of mysterious lights seen from various parts of the island from Kahului in Central Maui to Pukalani, Olowalu and Nāpili on the West side. Video sent to us across our various media platforms showed a streak of 15-20 twinkling lights slowly pass overhead from the north, traveling southeast just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. 2020.

A Maui woman hikes the entire 180-mile Maui coastline to raise funds for beach cleanups. Along the 15-day journey, Britt Daniels and Love The Sea cleared 3,360 pounds of plastic debris.

There were 90 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 58 on the island of O‘ahu, 16 on Hawai‘i Island and 16 new cases in Maui County.   The Maui cases include one new case in Lahaina and at least 14 new cases on Lāna‘i. Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 death toll increased by three to 212, with three new deaths reported on the island of O‘ahu.

The awards were issued to Shannon Kealoha, a teacher at Maui Waena Intermediate within the Baldwin-Kekaulike-Maui Complex,  and Heidi Jenkins, a science/technology/engineering/math resource teacher for the Maui District Office’s Hāna-Lahainaluna-Lānaʻi-Molokaʻi Complex.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino provided an update this afternoon saying the total case count on Lāna‘i is now 65 confirmed COVID-19 cases, following the return of additional results.  Mayor Victorino is recommending a stay-at-home order and the closure of Lāna‘i to travel effective on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.

There were 131 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 67 on the island of O‘ahu, 34 on Hawai‘i Island and 29 new cases in Maui County.  The Maui cases include one new case in Wailuku and 28 new cases on Lāna‘i, bringing the cluster count for Lāna‘i to 48 cases since Tuesday.  

A report of suspected human remains was documented today at a West Maui construction site where trenching work is taking place for waterline installation.

In its transition to use more renewable energy to power Maui while maintaining reliable service, Hawaiian Electric submitted an application to build a new switchyard and make equipment conversions to retire its oil-firing generating units at the Kahului Power Plant.

“Today, I am encouraging all Lānaʻi residents to shelter-in-place.  This is not a mandate, but a request to help stop the spread.   Please don’t go out unless you absolutely need to and take advantage of any delivery and curbside pick-up options that are available to you and your ʻohana,” said Rep. Lynn DeCoite.

Although a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration is not expected to be widely available until early next year, state and county officials and private-sector partners have already prepared a preliminary plan to implement a COVID-19 vaccination program in the state.

There were 102 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 52 on the island of O‘ahu, 29 on Hawai‘i Island and 18 new cases in Maui County.  The Maui cases include 16 new cases on Lāna‘i for a total of 20 active cases there, and one each in Wailuku and Lahaina. Makawao/Pukalani (96768) drops to zero active cases.

The County is coordinating drive-through Halloween events that will be held at the Outlets of Maui in West Maui and Keōpūolani Park in Central Maui.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino issued a reminder to the public that the County of Maui is providing a free, voluntary post-arrival testing program for returning residents and visitors traveling into Maui County. Travelers must have taken a pre-departure test to be eligible for the free post-arrival test. Travelers should take the second test 72 hours […]

Dr. Lee Weiss, Regional Director of Emergency Medical Services with Maui Health warned that swift action needs to be taken. He said the cases identified so far, are “the tip of the iceberg,” and estimated that 10 percent of the Lāna‘i population could be positive within a week.  He called for mass testing as well as a shut down of the island to travel, calling its border “porous.” 

The number of COVID-19 cases on the island of Lāna‘i has jumped to 16, with confirmation this afternoon of 12 additional cases as of 4 p.m.  Currently all cases are residents.  None are hospitalized.  All are isolating at home.

There were 78 new COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 65 on the island of O‘ahu, nine on Hawai‘i Island and four new cases in Maui County.  The four Maui cases were on the rural island of Lāna‘i, and were reported yesterday, but were not included in yesterday’s count because the confirmation came after the state released it’s official count at noon on Tuesday.