HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-11-21KauaiDepartmentofHealthannouncesfivenewcasesofCOVID19
THE COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: November 21, 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 five new cases of COVID-19
LĪHU‘E —The Kaua‘i District Health Office reported five new cases of COVID-19
on Saturday, one adult resident and four adult visitors.
All of the cases are travel-related. One of the travelers had taken a pre-travel test
but did not receive the positive test report until after arriving on Kaua‘i. Close contacts
are being identified, directed to quarantine and offered testing.
The island now has 19 confirmed active cases, all in isolation. One case remains
in the hospital, while the other previously hospitalized case has been discharged. There
are now 90 individuals in health department-directed quarantine. The number of close
contacts in quarantine may increase as the investigation continues.
Kaua‘i now has a cumulative case count of 109, of which 96 are confirmed
locally, one is a probable case, and 12 are positive cases that were diagnosed
elsewhere—with tests taken on the mainland whose positive results did not arrive until
they were on Kaua‘i.
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 surge testing program, visit
kauai.gov/test.
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