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A dose of vaccine is prepared during an inoculation drive in December. Lt. Gov. Josh Green and other officials said Tuesday that the state will be ramping up vaccination efforts as more doses arrive across the islands. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
A county employee in the Office of the Mayor has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation at home, the county announced Tuesday afternoon.
The employee is asymptomatic and last worked in the Kalana O Maui county building Thursday, according to a news release. The mayor’s office was alerted by the employee about the possible case Sunday evening, and the county received state Department of Health confirmation of the positive case Tuesday morning.