HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR032921MODEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: March 29, 2021
COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
SARAH K. BLANE, CHIEF OF STAFF
(808) 241-4900
Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announces one new
case of COVID-19 on March 29
LĪHU‘E – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported one new
case of COVID-19 on Monday, March 29.
Today’s case is a female child resident whose source of infection is related to mainland travel
and was identified via the Enhanced Movement Quarantine or “Resort Bubble” post-travel testing
program.
Close contacts are being identified, directed to quarantine, and offered testing.
Today’s case brings the number of active cases to two, with 224 cumulative cases. Kaua‘i’s
cumulative case count includes 190 confirmed locally, two probable, and 32 positive cases diagnosed
elsewhere, as they received their pre-travel test results after arriving on island.
For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit www.kauai.gov/COVID-19.
For more information on the state’s COVID-19 cases or the state’s Safe Travels program, visit
hawaiicovid19.com.
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