Hawaii Reports 233 New COVID Infections; the total number of cases exceeds 40,000

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii saw 233 new cases of COVID on Friday amid a continuing wave of infections that are increasingly worrying state health officials.

Meanwhile, no additional deaths were reported on Friday.

The death toll from the virus in the islands stands at 527.

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Of the new cases on Friday, 151 were in Oahu, 39 in Hawaii County, 13 in Maui and 12 in Kauai. There were also 18 residents diagnosed out of state.

The total number of cases in Hawaii since the start of the pandemic is 40,125.

In the past 14 days, the state’s health department said there were 1,634 new cases statewide.

Health Department spokesman Brooks Baehr said on Thursday that the increase in cases – attributed in part to the highly contagious delta variant – “should be a wake-up call” to the unvaccinated.

“The delta variant has become the dominant strain in the state. It is really time to get vaccinated and be part of the solution, ”he said on a Zoom call with reporters.

As of Friday, 59.6% of Hawaii’s population was now fully vaccinated while 66.2% had received at least one dose of a two-dose vaccine.

Here is the daily report table provided by the state Department of Health:

Below is the latest information provided by the DOH on Hawaii’s vaccination status:

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