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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi is keeping Oahu in the second tier of its reopening plan, and hopes to safely move the city to Tier 3. This is despite the island averaging 130 new cases (not including inmates), and a positivity rate of 3.9% between January 7 and 13.
Under the city s current reopening system, the island could snap back to Tier One with a seven-day average of more than 100 cases and a positivity rate over 5%.
Yesterday, 118 new cases were reported on Oahu.
Blangiardi reiterated the surge in new cases was expected due to the holiday gatherings, and there was a downward trend in recent days.