LIHU‘E — Wednesday, the Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported 24 new cases of COVID-19.
All of these cases are of residents.
Of the 24 new cases, eight are children and 16 are adults.
One of the cases is related to interisland travel. The remaining 23 cases are considered community-acquired. Seventeen of the community-acquired infections are close contacts of a previously announced case or are tied to an active cluster. The remaining six cases have no known source of infection, including two whom investigators have been unable to reach after repeated attempts or who have refused to provide information.
Wednesday’s cases bring the number of active cases to 128, with eight hospitalized.
To date, the county has recorded 2,886 cumulative cases.
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. This location will be closed on today for Veterans Day.
Additionally, a free mobile testing van is available for walk-ins from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kekaha Neighborhood Center on Wednesdays, Kalaheo Neighborhood Center on Fridays, Hanalei Neighborhood Center on Saturdays, and the Bryan J. Baptiste Sports Complex in Kapa‘a on Sundays. Testing performed at the Convention Hall and through the mobile testing van is rapid PCR. Same-day results are sent via email.
Free drive-thru testing is also available daily at Lihu‘e Pharmacy Group, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Appointments are highly recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. For an appointment, register online at PreventCOVIDHI.com or call (808) 635-4968.
Testing is also available through your primary care physician, a hospital, or an urgent care clinic. Please contact those providers directly for more information. For more details, visit https://www.kauai.gov/covidtest.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit www.kauai.gov/COVID-19.
For details on the vaccination sites, visit www.kauai.gov/vaccine.
Don’t live in fear of any virus! Use the power of knowledge by doing research, and especially speaking with your doctor. If it’s safe for you to get the vaccine, do so if you want. No mandates.
Is it possible to report how many of those cases, and how many of those hospitalized, are vaccinated or unvaccinated? Data shows vaccinated are 11 times less likely to get Covid and 12 times less likely to die from it. Also, please list where vaccinations are easily available, not just testing.
Yes I too would very much appreciate it if you’d list the number of cases and hospitalizations as vaccinated or unvaccinated. That would be helpful information. It seems like poor reporting to not do so. It could inspire some to get vaccinated if the numbers slant the way I expect that they do. But I can only guess now right? Thank you.
Kauai has dropped the ball. Our rates are INCREASING! You can get vaccinated for free you can get tested for free, but the idiots who aren’t vaccinated are spreading the virus and keeping us in a state of pandemic. Yo Derek, where ARE YOU AT?? I guess the plan is to do nothing? Just wanted to point out how that isn’t working. At all.