#omicron surge hawaii

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 state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 4,789 new cases today, including 676 on Maui, 41 on Molokaʻi, and 17 on Lānaʻi. This surpasses the previous record high of 3,484 new cases set on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.

In Maui County, the seven day average for new cases daily was 93, with a 9.0% test positivity rate over 14 days. This is +438% from Dec. 13-26, 2021. For every 100,000 residents in Maui County, there have been an average of 55.6 newly reported cases per day over a seven day period.

The DOH is reporting a COVID-19 count of 1,384 today, including 71 on Maui and two on Molokaʻi. The latest data represents a total of 13,966 “active” cases statewide over two week, surpassing the Delta peak of 11,500.

There were 972 additional COVID-19 cases in Hawai‘i on Sunday, including 877 on Oʻahu and 38 on Maui. There were two additional COVID-19 deaths today including one each on Maui and Kauaʻi. The latest data represents a total of 4,237 “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 is 12.6 cases per 100,000.