LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported 44 new cases of COVID-19 Friday.
LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported 44 new cases of COVID-19 Friday.
Friday’s cases are all residents — 18 are children and 26 are adults. Three of the cases are related to travel — one mainland and two interisland. The remaining 41 cases are considered community-acquired.
Thirty-four 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 seven community-acquired cases have no known source of infection, including two cases whom investigators have been unable to reach after repeated attempts or who have refused to provide information.
Active cases are directed to isolate, and close contacts are being identified, offered testing and directed to quarantine. Investigations are ongoing.
“Please relax safely over the holiday weekend, as much as possible only with household members, outdoors if you are with people from outside your household,” said Dr. Janet Berreman, DOH Kauai Distrtict health officer.
“Wear your mask when close to others from outside your household. Please observe gathering size limits and statewide indoor-mask requirements. And if you are feeling stick, please stay home and consider getting tested,” she said.
Friday’s cases bring the number of active cases to 315, with six hospitalized, and 1,548 cumulative cases.
The Ho‘ola Lahui pop-up vaccine clinics are open today from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Kaumakani Community Hall and the Anaina Hou Community Park farmers’ market in Kilauea. No appointments are needed. The pop-up clinics are open to everyone 12 and older. For details on the vaccination sites, visit kauai.gov/vaccine.
Please him so we can Avoid shut down
Expect more of this until they bring back the arrows on the floor directing aisle traffic in Costco, roadblocks to ask people where they came from and where they were going, and dictating another curfew. We didn’t have ANY active cases when those measures were in effect.
The case counts will start to fall. The virus will be harder to transmit as the number of people either vaccinated or who have had the virus makes it harder to find hosts to latch onto. I hope that happens soon though.
everythingisawesome, We also didn’t have all the vaccinated people!
We did better before vaccinations. The reason is, too many people think the vaccination gives them freedom. Freedom from masks and from social distancing. That is the fault of the CDC, our governor, and Lt gov.
Vaccinated people should not have been given a free pass to travel or to take off their masks. It sends the wrong message. They might not get as sick, but they are the ones spreading the virus. All you have to do is look at the numbers.
I still wear my mask and stay 6 feet away from others. Vaccinated people are NO SAFER to be around than the unvaccinated.