#covid-19 surge maui

There are now 26 people hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19, according to counts last updated at 9 a.m. on Jan. 11, 2022, from Maui Health. Eleven of the current Maui COVID-19 hospitalizations are in vaccinated, and 15 are in unvaccinated individuals. There are now two Maui COVID-positive patients in the ICU (1 vaccinated/1 unvaccinated) and one vaccinated COVID-19 patient on a ventilator.

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 4,578 new cases today, including 679 on Maui, 20 on Molokaʻi, and eight on Lānaʻi.

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 3,586 new cases today, including 579 on Maui, 20 on Molokaʻi, and 11 on Lānaʻi.

The Maui County Transient Accommodations Tax payment window at the Maui County Service Center is closed until further notice because of the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases.

While take-home tests have been soaring in popularity, it’s important to know when to use the antigen test and when to go to the trouble of finding a provider that administers a “gold-standard” PCR or polymerase chain reaction test.

Free drive-through testing for COVID-19 will be offered at the Mauliola Pharmacy from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Sunday. No appointment or pre-registration is needed.

There has been an average of 1,075 cases daily over the last seven days, with todayʻs count rising to 1,828, the highest single daily count for Hawaiʻi since the pandemic began.

There were 1,511 new COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi today, including 1,293 on Oʻahu, and 101 in Maui County. There were also three new deaths–two on Hawaiʻi Island, and one on Kauaʻi. Statewide, there were 68 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Thursday. As of this morning, there are 5 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Maui, including one in the ICU.

Hawaiʻi has had six consecutive days with triple digit case counts exceeding 700. There are 961 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i today, including 866 on Oʻahu and 58 on Maui.

Statewide, there were 61 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including five on Maui. Maui Memorial Medical Center is now the only site on island to administer monoclonal antibody therapy (mAb) treatment, according to Maui Health.

The latest data represents a total of 5,634 “active” cases statewide over two weeks. Maui County’s seven day average of cases peaked at 57.6 per 100,000 on Aug. 25, and has been on a steady decline since the beginning of September. Today’s seven day average on Maui ticked up to 18.1 cases per 100,000.