HomeMy WebLinkAboutNR040121MODEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: April 1, 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 four new
cases of COVID-19 on April 1
LĪHU‘E – The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported four new
cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, April 1.
Three of today’s cases are residents whose source of exposure is considered travel-related as
they are household contacts of the two cases announced yesterday. The fourth case is a female visitor
whose source of infection is related to inter-island travel and who was diagnosed off island. Close
contacts are being identified, directed to quarantine, and offered testing.
Today’s cases bring the number of active cases to seven, with 230 cumulative cases. Kaua‘i’s
cumulative case count includes 195 confirmed locally, two probable, and 33 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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