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Hawaii Visitor Industry and Public Health Update

4 STATE OF 1959 Health Update Hawaii is focused on protecting public health and revitalizing the economy Health Update ◉ Hawaii has the sixth-lowest per capita cases in the nation, with 12,937 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 160 deaths in the State(1)(2) Hawaii faced an elevated case count in September; daily new cases reached a high of 18 per 100k (7-day moving average), but have since declined to 7, which is below the national average of 13 cases per 100k(3) ■ The State currently has 256 contact tracers and is in the process of expanding its capacity ■ The State is currently conducting 1,300-1,600 tests daily and has conducted nearly 265k in total Recent State Actions ■ The State and Counties are in the process of relaxing the stay at home orders with a measured approach ■ Effective October 15th, under a pre-travel testing program persons who have had test conducted within 72 hours of departure and can produce a negative test result may enter the State without having to quarantine ■ The Governor is coordinating with the four county mayors to ensure a coordinated and safe implementation of the pre-travel test program State of Hawaii - Daily New COVID-19 Cases (Per 100k 7-day Moving Average) 20 March 27th: Overseas and interisland 16 14-day quarantine begins 12 8 0 March-20 April-20 May-20 (1) https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases as of October 6, 2020. 4 (2) https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/ as of October 6, 2020. (3) https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/ as of October 6, 2020. June-20 August 27th: Stay at home order on Oahu reinstituted for two weeks June 16th: Interisland quarantine lifted August 19th: Oahu limiting indoor and outdoor groups to no more than five individuals August 11th: Partial Reinstatement of Interisland quarantine (Maui, Kauai and Hawaii Counties only) Sept 8th: Stay at home. order on Oahu extended to Sept 24th Sept 24th: Parks, beaches, retail business and restaurants to re-open with restrictions on Oahu July-20 August-20 September-20 October-20 HAWAI
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