Hawaii records 123 new coronavirus infections, bringing statewide total to 25,275 - Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Fifty-one deaths were on Oahu, six on Hawaii island and three on Maui, Char said.

Hawaii health officials today reported 123 new infections, bringing the state’s total since the start of the pandemic to 25,275 cases.

The state’s official coronavirus-related death toll includes 262 fatalities on Oahu, 45 on Hawaii island, 21 on Maui, one on Kauai, and three Hawaii residents who died on the mainland.

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Today’s new statewide infection cases reported by the Health Department include 91 on Oahu, 21 on Maui, six on the Big Island and five residents diagnosed outside of Hawaii, officials said.

The statistics released today reflect the new infection cases reported to the department on Saturday.

The total number of coronavirus cases by island since the start of the outbreak are 20,524 on Oahu, 2,128 in Hawaii County, 1,626 on Maui, 178 on Kauai, 106 on Lanai and 25 on Molokai.

Health officials also said today that of the state’s total infection count, 1,656 cases were considered to be active.

Officials say they consider infections reported in the past 14 days to be a “proxy number for active cases.” The number of active cases in the state decreased by 44 today.

By island, Oahu has 1,228 active cases, Maui has 316, the Big Island has 102, Kauai has 10, according to the state’s latest tally.

Of all the confirmed Hawaii infection cases, 1,664 have required hospitalizations, with four new hospitalizations reported today by state health officials.

Of the 1,660 hospitalizations within the state, 1,456 have been on Oahu, 97 on Maui, 94 on the Big Island, seven on Kauai, five on Lanai and one on Molokai.