LIHU‘E — Sunday, the Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported six new cases of COVID-19.
Saturday’s cases consist of one visitor and five residents.
Of the six new cases, one is a child and five are adults.
One of the cases is related to mainland travel. The remaining five cases are considered community- acquired. Four of the community-acquired infections are close contacts of a previously announced case or are tied to an active cluster. The remaining case has no known source of infection.
“State health officials announced (Saturday) that King’s Chapel Nawiliwili has been identified as a source of infection for a large cluster of COVID-19 cases,” Dr. Janet Berreman, Kaua‘i District Health Officer, said in a release. “Those who attended events hosted by King’s Chapel Nawiliwili on or after Oct. 31, especially youth group activities, are encouraged to get tested immediately to help stop further spread of COVID-19 in our community. DOH staff can assist those who test positive with accessing monoclonal antibody
treatment, which reduces disease severity, especially for those who are unvaccinated.”
As of Sunday, there are 136 active cases, with 10 hospitalized.
To date, the county has recorded 2,951 cumulative cases.
A list of vaccination sites can be found at kauai.gov/vaccine.
Free testing is available at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall in Lihu‘e, weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
If there is a wait, you will receive a ticket with a time to return for your test. Arrive anytime the clinic is open to receive a timed ticket; no need to arrive early.
Testing performed at the Convention Hall and through the mobile testing van is rapid PCR. Same-day results are sent via email.
A full list of free testing locations and hours can be found at kauai.gov/COVIDtest.
Please let us know if any of the 10 hospitalized are in the ICU.
I believe the most recent numbers said that two or three of the cases are in the ICU, based on a previous Garden Island article.
You can look up on-line the current number of hospitalizations, ICU beds and vents for COVID patents statewide, and also broken down by county, on the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency COVID Dashboard. The data also includes numbers of new cases. It is usually a few days behind, but close to real time. I just checked, and as of November 13, Kauai had 6 COVID patients hospitalized including 1 in ICU. There is no breakdown by age or vax status.
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Per HiEMA today – 6 of the 11 ICU beds are occupied. One with COVID.
https://hiema-hub.hawaii.gov/
I follow the daily Covid cases and hospitalizations in various places where I have friends and family besides Hawaii. They all state the vaccination status of those new daily cases as well as the vaccination status of the new hospitalizations. They are anonymous of course. Why can we not do that here in Hawaii? I would find that information to be interesting and helpful to some who are still trying to decide if they want to get the vaccine. This leaves us guessing and assuming that all who are testing positive are unvaccinated. Or some of us may think the vaccine isn’t keeping people from coming down with it. I think the vaccine status fact is one of the most interesting and important parts of the story. Why are we not reporting that here on Kauai?