LIHU‘E — Tuesday, the state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced 98 new cases of COVID-19.
This brings the county’s number of active, recorded cases to 552, with 13 hospitalized. According to the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency, three of those hospitalized are in the intensive-care unit.
To date, the county has recorded 10,447 cumulative cases.
Tuesday, the DOH set up a new hotline for people with questions about COVID-19: 808-586-8332.
“The hotline provides information about isolation, quarantine, booster shots and more,” state DOH Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble said in a release. “It is especially useful for people who have tested positive or have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19. It is also useful for businesses where there is more than one COVID case.”
People are encouraged to check hawaiicovid19.com before calling the hotline. Questions that are not answered on the website can be answered by calling the hotline.
Calls to the hotline are answered by an automated-information system, or bot, that answers common questions. Callers who need additional information can ask to be transferred to hotline representatives in specific counties. Those representatives answer more-detailed questions.
“The hotline is another tool to make important information about COVID-19 easily accessible,” Kemble said.
A free testing site at Kaua‘i War Memorial Conventional Hall in Lihu‘e is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, a mobile
vaccine van will offer vaccines and boosters for those aged 12 and older at the Hanalei Neighborhood Center from 1 to 5 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome.
Another community vaccine clinic will be held at Isenberg Park in Lihu‘e on Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. Walk-ins are welcome.
For a full list of testing sites and more details, visit kauai.gov/covidtest.
For a full list of locations for vaccines for children and adults, visit kauai.gov/vaccine.
