LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported 33 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
These cases are one visitor and 32 residents.
Of the 33 new cases, three are children and 30 are adults.
Seven of the cases are related to travel — five mainland and two interisland. The remaining 26 cases are considered community-acquired.
Seventeen of the community-acquired infections are close contacts of previously announced cases or are tied to one of the island’s active clusters.
The remaining nine community-acquired cases have no known source of infection.
All active cases are in isolation, and close contacts are being identified, offered testing and directed to quarantine. Investigations are ongoing.
“When Gov. (David) Ige discourages travel, he means residents as well as visitors,” Kaua‘i District Health Officer Dr. Janet Berreman said in a release.
“Our daily cases demonstrate that our own residents’ travel to the mainland and neighbor islands is an ongoing source of infections here on Kaua‘i.”
To date, the number of active cases is 208, with five hospitalized, and 1,148 cumulative cases.
“Please consider delaying non-essential travel until this current COVID surge is under control,” Berreman said.
“This is a time to stay close to home and minimize our exposure to others.”
