Hawaii sees 12 more deaths from COVID, 330 new infections

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaii reported 12 new coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the state’s death toll to 726.

So far this month, Hawaii alone has recorded 137 COVID-related deaths.

The state said eight of Wednesday’s deaths were on Oahu while four were on the island of Hawaii:

Oahu

• Woman in her forties, hospitalized
• Woman in her fifties, hospitalized
• Three men in their sixties hospitalized
• Woman in her sixties, hospitalized
• Two octogenarian women hospitalized

Island of hawaii

• Man in his 30s, hospitalized
• Man in his 60s, hospitalized
• Man in his eighties hospitalized
• Octogenarian woman hospitalized

Meanwhile, the state also recorded 330 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday.

The new cases bring the total number of infections since the start of the pandemic to 76,521.

Among the new infections reported on Wednesday:

• 216 were on Oahu
• 38 on the island of Hawaii
• 43 in Maui
• 29 on Kauai
• 2 on Molokai

There were also two residents diagnosed out of state.

In the past 14 days, 7,106 cases have been reported.

Some 66.8% of the state’s population are fully immunized, while 75.3% have received at least one dose.

This story will be updated.

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