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Office of the Governor:State of the State Address Focuses on COVID-19 and RecoveryReiterating the need for everyone in Hawai‘i to be personally responsible and to practice the three W’s of COVID-19 safety (wear a mask, wash your hands, watch your distance), Gov. Ige’s 2021 State of the State address recounted the difficulties of the past year and the challenges that lie ahead for the state.“Twelve months ago, we met for what promised to be a bright and promising year…literally overnight our expectations were crushed by COVID-19,” Gov.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 22, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/132 COVID-19 Cases and Four Deaths Reported DOH reports 132 new cases of coronavirus today and four (4) additional deaths, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 332.Deaths: O‘ahu1 Man, 60-69 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized1 Woman, 60-69 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized2 Woman, 90-99 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalizedThis report includes cases up until Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 21, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/119 COVID-19 Cases and Three Deaths Reported DOH reports 119 new cases of coronavirus today and three (3) additional deaths, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 328.Deaths: O‘ahu1 Man, 60-69 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized1 Man, 80-89 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized1 Woman, 90-99 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalizedThis report includes cases up until Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard. Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 11:59 p.m. Jan. 19, 2021 Island of

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 20, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/75 COVID-19 Cases and One Death Reported DOH reports 75 new cases of coronavirus today and one (1) additional death, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 325. The victim is a Maui woman, 70-79 yds, who died in the hospital with underlying conditions.This report includes cases up until Monday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 19, 2021

Governor’s Office:COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Update At a news briefing today, Governor Ige gave an update on Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The governor emphasized that the state is moving as quickly as possible with the distribution process and reminded everyone that Hawai‘i is constrained by federal allocation of the vaccine.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 15, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/150 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide 150 additional coronavirus cases were reported today. This report includes cases up until Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 14, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/179 COVID-19 Cases and Six Deaths Reported DOH reports 179 new cases of coronavirus today and six (6) additional deaths, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 318. Please note that 36 of the cases reported today are from Tripler Army Medical Center.Deaths:Oʻahu1 woman, 70-79 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized1 woman, 80-89 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized2 men 90-99 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized1 woman, 100-109 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalizedMaui1 man, 90-99 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalizedThis report includes cases up until Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 13, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/106 COVID-19 Cases and Three Deaths Reported DOH reports 106 new cases of coronavirus today and three (3) additional deaths, raising the state’s COVID-19 death toll to 312.Deaths:O‘ahu1 Woman, 40-49 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalized1 Man, 50-59 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalizedMaui1 Man, 60-69 yrs, underlying conditions, hospitalizedThis report includes cases up until Monday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard.Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 11:59 p.m. Jan. 11, 2021 Island of

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 12, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/114 COVID-19 Cases and Four Deaths Reported TodayDOH reports 144 new cases of coronavirus today.This report includes cases up until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard. Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 11:59 p.m. Jan. 10, 2021 Island of Diagnosis New CasesReported since2/28/2020(including new cases)O‘ahu 8319,389Hawai‘i 42,030Maui 211,331Kaua‘i 0167Moloka‘i 025 Lānaʻi 0106 HI residents diagnosed outside of HI 6579Total Cases

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 11, 2021

Department of Health:https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/172 COVID-19 Cases Reported TodayDOH reports 172 new cases and no additional deaths due to coronavirus today.This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day at HawaiiCOVID19.com/dashboard. Hawai‘i COVID-19 Counts as of 11:59 p.m. Jan. 9, 2021 Island of Diagnosis New CasesReported since 2/28/2020 (including new cases) O‘ahu 10819,306Hawai‘i 202,026Maui 331,310Kaua‘i 1167Moloka‘i 025 Lānaʻi 0106 HI residents diagnosed

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 8, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/264 COVID-19 Cases and Four Deaths Reported TodayDOH reports 264 new cases of coronavirus today. Four (4) additional deaths were reported, all on O‘ahu.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 7, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/Highest Number of COVID-19 Cases Since August Reported TodayDOH reports 322 new cases of coronavirus today, the highest number since August 29, 2020, which had 310 COVID-19 cases reported. 30 of today’s cases are backdated from between 12-20-20 and 1-5-21, due to a reporting lag from a laboratory.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 6, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/143 New COVID-19 Cases and Ten (10) Deaths Reported StatewideTen (10) COVID-19 deaths were reported today bringing the new statewide death total to 299. The 10 deaths occurred between Nov.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 5, 2021

Governor’s Office:COVID-19 Vaccination Timeline UpdateAt a news briefing this afternoon, Gov. David Ige gave an update on the State of Hawai‘i’s vaccination efforts.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest January 4, 2021

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/89 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide89 additional coronavirus cases were reported today. This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 31, 2020

Department of Health: State Laboratory Guarding Against New COVID-19 StrainsThe Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) continues to proactively test COVID-19 specimens looking for new strains that may be significantly more contagious or differ in other ways from earlier strains. Recent variants first discovered in the United Kingdom and South Africa are spreading more easily and quickly than other variants and have already spread to other countries.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 30, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/108 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide108 additional coronavirus cases were reported today. This report includes cases up until Monday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 29, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/76 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide76 additional coronavirus cases were reported today. This report includes cases up until Sunday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 28, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/46 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide46 additional coronavirus cases were reported today. This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 24, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/129 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Statewide129 additional coronavirus cases were reported today. This report includes cases up until Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 23, 2020

Governor’s Office:Governor Announces Delay for State FurloughsGovernor David Ige announced today that there will be a delay in state furloughs. In a letter sent to state employees this afternoon, the governor said the state had been waiting months to see if Congress would provide additional federal funds to help address the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts here in Hawai‘i.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 22, 2020

Lt. Governor’s Office:Lt. Governor Receives COVID-19 VaccineLt.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 21, 2020

Governor’s Office:Governor Ige’s Biennium Budget 2021-2023 Reflects ReductionsAt a news briefing today, Gov. David Ige unveiled his Fiscal Biennium Budget 2021-23, which includes reductions in both the operating and capital improvements program (CIP) budgets in the next two fiscal years.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 18, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/One Additional Death on O‘ahu and 130 New COVID-19 Cases Reported StatewideDOH is reporting one (1) additional COVID-19 death today. The latest case involves a woman between the ages of 60-69 years old, who had underlying conditions and was hospitalized at the time of her death.130 additional coronavirus cases were reported today.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 17, 2020

Governor’s Office:17th Emergency Proclamation Reduces Quarantine PeriodGov. David Ige has signed a 17th COVID-19 emergency proclamation reducing the state’s mandatory self-quarantine period for travelers entering the state and traveling between counties from 14 to 10 days.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 16, 2020

Department of Health:https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/Four New Deaths on O‘ahu and 110 New COVID-19 Cases Reported StatewideDOH is reporting four (4) additional COVID-19 deaths today. Three are men in the age groups listed below and all had been hospitalized with underlying conditions.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 15, 2020

Governor’s Office:Safe and Effective COVID-19 Vaccine Arrives in Hawai‘i Gov. Ige announced, late yesterday, the arrival of Hawaiʻi’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 14, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/190 New COVID-19 Cases Reported StatewideDOH is also reporting 190 additional coronavirus cases today. This report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 11, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/One Additional Death on O‘ahu and 87 New COVID-19 Cases Reported StatewideDOH reports one (1) death on O‘ahu, raising the Hawai‘i COVID-19 death toll to 269 since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest passing is a man, 50-59-years old, who died at home.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 10, 2020

Governor’s Office:Hawai‘i Ramps Up Effort to Vaccinate 81,000 People This Month At an afternoon news conference, Governor Ige, Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char, and other stakeholders laid out the first steps of Hawai‘i’s COVID-19 vaccination effort.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 9, 2020

Governor’s Office:Furloughs for State Employees Start January 1, 2021In an e-mail to state employees, followed by an afternoon news conference, Gov. David Ige announced two-day-a-month furlough starting January 1 of next year, to balance the state budget.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 8, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/53 New COVID-19 Cases Reported Including Three Additional on Moloka‘iDOH reports three (3) Moloka‘i cases today as household contacts. One person had travel history, but it is unclear whether the transmission of the virus was from the traveler of as a result of community spread.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 7, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ 81 New COVID-19 Cases ReportedThis report includes cases up until Saturday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 4, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/Ten Deaths Reported Today Occurred More Than Two-Weeks AgoSeven (7) deaths at a Hawai‘i island long-term care facility, which experienced a COVID-19 outbreak in October, have now been classified by DOH as coronavirus related, as a result of updated information. The deaths include three (3) women and four (4) men, all who had underlying health conditions and ranged in age from 60 to 80+ years old.Three (3) additional deaths were reported from O‘ahu today, also occurring more than two-weeks ago.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 3, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/ Two Additional Deaths and 144 New Cases Reported Today COVID-19 has claimed the lives of two more O‘ahu residents. A woman, 80-years-old or older, had been hospitalized with underlying conditions.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 2, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/78 New Cases Reported Today This report includes cases up until Monday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day.

News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest December 1, 2020

Department of Health: https://health.hawaii.gov/coronavirusdisease2019/what-you-should-know/current-situation-in-hawaii/44 New Cases Reported TodayThis report includes cases up until Sunday at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 30, 2020

Office of the Governor: Kaua‘i’s Temporary Moratorium on State’s Pre-Travel Testing ProgramGov. David Ige has approved Kaua‘i Mayor Derek Kawakami’s request to place a temporary moratorium on Kaua‘i’s participation in the state’s pre-travel testing program.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 27, 2020

Department of Health:Three Additional Deaths Reported TodayDOH reported an additional three(3) COVID-19 deaths today. All were from Honolulu, had underlying conditions and had been hospitalized.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 25, 2020

Department of Health: Two Additional Deaths Reported TodayDOH reported an additional two COVID-19 deaths today. Both involved men who had underlying conditions.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 24, 2020

Office of the Governor:Tighter Restrictions Begin for Trans-Pacific Travelers Headed to Hawai‘iLate yesterday, Gov. David Ige signed a 16th emergency proclamation that requires all trans-pacific travelers to have a negative test result from a trusted testing partner before their departure to the State of Hawai‘i, in order to bypass the 14-day quarantine.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 23, 2020

Department of Health: 114 New Cases Reported TodayThis report includes cases reported up until Saturday night at 11:59 p.m. Full data is posted on the State COVID-19 dashboard and on the DOH Disease Outbreak & Control website at noon each day.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 20, 2020

Department of Health: One (1) Death and 95 New Cases Reported TodayDOH has added one new death to its count, involving a man between the ages of 60-69 years old with underlying medical conditions. He had been incarcerated out of state and died at a hospital.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 19, 2020

Governor’s Office:New Policy for Pre-Travel Testing Begins Next TuesdayStarting on Nov. 24, travelers wanting to bypass Hawai‘i‘s 14-day mandatory quarantine must have COVID-19 test results, from a trusted travel partner, prior to departure to the islands.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 18, 2020

Department of Health:71 New COVID-19 Cases ReportedOne new COVID-19 death was reported from Hawai‘i island. This was a man in the 20-29-year-old category, and he had underlying conditions and had been in the hospital.This report includes cases reported up until Monday night at 11:59 p.m.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 17, 2020

Governor’s Office:15th Emergency Proclamation Extends Statewide Mask MandateYesterday, Gov. Ige issued a 15th COVID-19 emergency proclamation which extends and clarifies the statewide mask mandate which has been in place since April 25.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 16, 2020

Governor’s Office:11 New Trusted Testing Partners for Trans-Pacific Travel, Two for Inter-CountyOn Saturday, the Office of Gov. David Ige announced 13 additional trusted travel and testing partners for the state’s pre-travel testing program.

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News Releases from Department of Health | Hawai‘i COVID-19 Daily News Digest November 13, 2020

Department of Health: 110 New COVID-19 Cases ReportedNo new deaths were reported today by DOH. O‘ahu is the only island with double-digit case numbers.Beginning next Monday, the dashboard will be updated daily at 12 p.m.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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