#omicron surge maui

Jan. 20, 2022 COVID-19 update: 5,911 new cases in Hawaiʻi, 9 deaths; 44 Maui hospitalizations

There are now 44 people hospitalized in Maui County with COVID-19, surpassing the 41 reported during the height of the delta surge in August 2021. 

Dr. Pang discusses omicron: Stay home “if you’re not perfectly well”

“The problem with this virus is it can shed… before you’re sick, and then certainly after you get better. So that’s why we keep having these strange rules,” said Dr. Pang.

Jan. 6, 2022 COVID-19 Update: 4,789 new cases in Hawaiʻi, 4 deaths

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.

Maui launches free drive-through COVID-19 testing at War Memorial in Wailuku, Jan. 3-31

The County of Maui launches free drive-through COVID-19 testing six days a week beginning today, Jan. 3, at the War Memorial Stadium parking lot in Wailuku, and continuing through the end of the month.