LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported one new case of COVID-19 on Thursday.
LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported one new case of COVID-19 on Thursday.
Thursday’s case is an adult male visitor, and the source of infection is related to mainland travel. All active cases are in isolation. Close contacts are being identified, directed to quarantine and offered testing.
Thursday’s case brings the number of active cases to two, with 210 cumulative cases. Kaua‘i’s cumulative case count includes 179 confirmed locally, one probable, and 30 positive cases diagnosed elsewhere, as they received their pre-travel test results after arriving on island.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit kauai.gov/COVID-19.
For more information on the state’s COVID-19 cases or the state’s Safe Travels program, visit hawaiicovid19.com.
