HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-11-10KauaiDepartmentofHealthannouncesthreenewtravelrelatedcasesofCOVID19
THE COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: November 10, 2020
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
SARAH K. BLANE, CHIEF OF STAFF
Tel (808) 241-4900
Fax (808) 241-6877
Kaua‘i Department of Health announces three new travel related cases of
COVID-19
LĪHU‘E – The Kaua‘i District Health Office reported three new positive cases of COVID-
19 on Tuesday, all related to travelers who participated in the state’s Safe Travels pre-testing
program.
Two cases are an adult male visitor and adult female visitor who were exempt from the
travel quarantine through pre-travel testing uploaded to Safe Travels. They were subsequently
tested again here on Kaua‘i and both tested positive for COVID-19. They are now in isolation
and a Department of Health investigation is ongoing. These cases will be included tomorrow in
DOH’s cumulative case count for Kaua‘i, as the cases were diagnosed on-island.
The third case is an adult male O‘ahu resident who took a pre-travel test and received
his positive test result after arriving on Kaua‘i. He is now in isolation and his identified close
contacts have been directed to quarantine. A Department of Health investigation is ongoing.
This case will appear as an O‘ahu case on the state dashboard, because that is where the
diagnosis test was performed. However, the County of Kaua‘i intends to count all active cases
currently on Kaua‘i, regardless of the county of diagnosis, toward Kaua‘i’s Business and
Recreational Guidelines for COVID-19 Tier Tracker.
With today’s cases, Kaua‘i’s one-week average of daily new cases remains at one.
Should the one-week average case count increase to two new cases per day, Kaua‘i County will
move to Tier 3, prompting additional restrictions. For more information and to view the current
daily average, please visit kauai.gov/COVID-19.
Today’s new cases bring Kaua‘i’s cumulative case total to 73 confirmed, 1 probable, and
6 diagnosed out-of-state/off-island. Kaua‘i now has 13 active cases, including 12 related to
travel, and 34 contacts in health-directed quarantine.
For more information on the state’s COVID-19 cases or the state’s Safe Travels
program, visit hawaiicovid19.com.
For more information on the county’s voluntary post-travel testing program,
visit kauai.gov/COVID-19. For more information on the county’s new surge testing program,
visit kauai.gov/test.
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