HAWAII VIRUS TRACKER - Dec. 22: 66 New COVID-19 Cases - Honolulu Civil Beat
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Health officials reported 66 new COVID-19 cases statewide on Tuesday including 51 on Oahu, six on Hawaii island, seven on Maui, and two residents diagnosed out of state.
Many of the recent cases on Oahu have been associated with an outbreak at Halawa Correctional Facility. Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said Monday that the cases at Halawa will not affect any decision to return Oahu to the restrictive Tier 1 in its reopening strategy.
The Department of Health will continue to include cases at correctional facilities as part of its daily report, health officials told Civil Beat.
HAWAII VIRUS TRACKER - Dec. 21: 134 New COVID-19 Cases - Honolulu Civil Beat
Hawaii received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
The new cases included 104 on Oahu, 13 on the Big Island, 14 on Maui, one on Kauai and two Hawaii residents diagnosed out of state.
Hawaii received its first shipment of 12,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Monday, according to Brooks Baehr, a spokesman for the health department. Maui, Hawaii and Kauai counties will receive 2,000 doses each, and Oahu will receive 6,000.
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said that the new cases recorded Monday on Oahu included 55 inmates and eight staff at the Halawa Correctional Facility, in addition to the 93 cases reported at the facility on Sunday.