Hawaii Visitor Industry and Public Health Update
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Health Update
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Health Update
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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
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