State health officials reported 284 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including seven in Maui County, one on Hawaii island and one on Kauai. The rest were on Oahu.The continued high case count in Hawaii comes as the state’s largest jail deals with an outbreak. Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda said Friday that 126 inmates have now tested positive for COVID-19 at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.The Department of Public Safety, working with the Department of Health, conducted mass testing of all OCCC inmates in each of the 19 individual housing units there, according to a news release...…State health officials reported 284 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including seven in Maui County, one on Hawaii island and one on Kauai. The rest were on Oahu.The continued high case count in Hawaii comes as the state’s largest jail deals with an outbreak. Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda said Friday that 126 inmates have now tested positive for COVID-19 at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.The Department of Public Safety, working with the Department of Health, conducted mass testing of all OCCC inmates in each of the 19 individual housing units there, according to a news release...WW…

Health officials reported 152 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including three cases on Hawaii island, one on Kauai and one on Maui. The rest were on Oahu.There are now more than 1,800 active cases confirmed on Oahu.The state has seen an average of 180 daily cases over the last week — a significant jump from a month ago when the moving 7-day average was 24.Because of a lag between when people catch the virus and when they need hospital care, officials are warning of a coming surge in hospitalizations.The state’s intensive care beds were at 54% capacity as of Sunday, according to Lt. Gov....…Health officials reported 152 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including three cases on Hawaii island, one on Kauai and one on Maui. The rest were on Oahu.There are now more than 1,800 active cases confirmed on Oahu.The state has seen an average of 180 daily cases over the last week — a significant jump from a month ago when the moving 7-day average was 24.Because of a lag between when people catch the virus and when they need hospital care, officials are warning of a coming surge in hospitalizations.The state’s intensive care beds were at 54% capacity as of Sunday, according to Lt. Gov....WW…

Health officials reported 231 cases of COVID-19 and the death of an elderly Oahu man on Saturday, as the state conducted its first all-mail primary election and Honolulu police prepared to enforce restrictions aimed at curbing the virus.Five of the cases were on Hawaii island and three were on Maui. The rest were on Oahu.The state’s intensive care beds were at 56% capacity as of Friday, according to Lt. Gov. Josh Green, and health officials are warning that hospitals could be overrun by the end of the month if the virus continues to spread at its current rate.Little information was released...…Health officials reported 231 cases of COVID-19 and the death of an elderly Oahu man on Saturday, as the state conducted its first all-mail primary election and Honolulu police prepared to enforce restrictions aimed at curbing the virus.Five of the cases were on Hawaii island and three were on Maui. The rest were on Oahu.The state’s intensive care beds were at 56% capacity as of Friday, according to Lt. Gov. Josh Green, and health officials are warning that hospitals could be overrun by the end of the month if the virus continues to spread at its current rate.Little information was released...WW…

A record number of new COVID-19 cases were verified by state health officials Wednesday: 98 on Oahu, nine on Maui, and two on Kauai.Those 109 positive test results came from a pool of about 1,653 test results received Wednesday, according to the Hawaii COVID-19 Joint Information Center.The new cases continue an upward trend Hawaii has documented since last week. The previous highest daily count was 73 new COVID-19 cases registered on Saturday.Many of the cases are a result of social gatherings at beaches, parks, bars, gyms, workplaces and homes, state Health Director Bruce Anderson said....…A record number of new COVID-19 cases were verified by state health officials Wednesday: 98 on Oahu, nine on Maui, and two on Kauai.Those 109 positive test results came from a pool of about 1,653 test results received Wednesday, according to the Hawaii COVID-19 Joint Information Center.The new cases continue an upward trend Hawaii has documented since last week. The previous highest daily count was 73 new COVID-19 cases registered on Saturday.Many of the cases are a result of social gatherings at beaches, parks, bars, gyms, workplaces and homes, state Health Director Bruce Anderson said....WW…

Hawaii voters won’t have to worry about picking a new governor or U.S. senator this year, but both U.S. House of Representatives seats are up for a vote along with the Honolulu mayor, the Honolulu prosecutor and numerous other local and legislative races.And of course, it’s the year we vote for president of the United States. The political parties haven’t held their national nominating conventions yet, but it looks like the race is shaping up to be between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump, who is hoping for a second term, and Democrat Joe Biden, the former vice president under...…Hawaii voters won’t have to worry about picking a new governor or U.S. senator this year, but both U.S. House of Representatives seats are up for a vote along with the Honolulu mayor, the Honolulu prosecutor and numerous other local and legislative races.And of course, it’s the year we vote for president of the United States. The political parties haven’t held their national nominating conventions yet, but it looks like the race is shaping up to be between incumbent Republican President Donald Trump, who is hoping for a second term, and Democrat Joe Biden, the former vice president under...WW…