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THE COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
DEREK S. K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: November 25, 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 four new cases of COVID-19
LĪHU‘E – The Kaua‘i District Health Office reported four new positive cases of COVID-19
on Wednesday. One case is an adult visitor, two cases are adult residents, and one is a child
resident. Two of the cases are associated with travel and two appear to be the result of
community transmission.
All active cases are in isolation and close contacts are being identified, directed to
quarantine and offered testing.
This brings the number of on-island active cases to 26, with 123 cumulative cases.
Kaua‘i’s cumulative case count includes 108 confirmed locally, one probable, and 14 positive
cases diagnosed elsewhere, since they had received their positive pre-travel test results after
arrival.
There are now 100 individuals in health department-directed quarantine. Additionally, the
Kaua‘i Police Department and the National Guard are tracking approximately 1,700 individuals
in travel-related quarantine.
“We now have unprecedented levels of COVID-positive travelers but we also have
increased community transmission, meaning this disease is spreading within our community,
among our friends and neighbors,” warned Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami. “I have asked
Governor Ige for authority to require all travelers to take a second test, or to let us temporarily
withdraw from the Safe Travels program and re-instate a 14-day mandatory quarantine.”
To date, proposed Rule 21 and Rule 23 are pending response.
For more information on Kaua‘i’s COVID response, including surge and visitor testing
programs, please visit kauai.gov/COVID-19.
For more information on the state’s Safe Travels program, visit hawaiicovid19.com.
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