surge testing

City May Need To Return Thousands Of COVID-19 Test Kits To Feds

By • Nov 13, 2020
Sandee Oshiro/HPR

The City and County of Honolulu has thousands of COVID-19 test kits for anyone who wants one, but officials have less than two weeks to use them.

The Conversation: Arts Resiliency and Possibilities in Chinatown

By • Sep 4, 2020
Noe Tanigawa

Chinatown Arts; Health Data, HiPAM Work Group; Hawaii’s Food Systems; History of Hawaii's Food Crisis; Initiative for Childhood Obesity; Chef Grant Sato

The Latest: 4 Deaths, 211 Cases; Surge Tests Show Low Positivity Rate; Big Isle Beach Parks Closing

By HPR News Staff • Sep 3, 2020
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Updated: 9/3/2020, 12:09 p.m.

Hawaii recorded four more deaths today and 211 new COVID-19 cases, the state Department of Health reported. The latest counts bring the state death toll to 79 and the total number of cases to 9,202. There are 190 new cases on Oahu, 17 on Hawaii Island, and 4 on Maui County.

H-3 Testing Forging Ahead Despite Feds Disapproval

By • Sep 2, 2020
Casey Harlow/HPR

Federal officials have denied the state’s request to close the H-3 Freeway to hold surge testing for COVID-19. 

The Latest: 7 Deaths, 133 Cases; Health, DPS Directors Leaving; 2 Big Isle Deaths, Cases Mount

By HPR News Staff • Aug 31, 2020
Hilo Medical Center / Hilo Medical Center

Updated: 8/31/2020, 1:35 p.m.

Where we stand

Hawaii had its deadliest day today with 7 deaths reported by the state Department of Health. New cases totaled 133. The latest numbers bring the death toll to 70 and total number of cases to 8,472.