3 more residents at state’s largest nursing home test positive for COVID-19

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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - In a concerning development Wednesday, the state’s largest skilled nursing facility confirmed three more residents have tested positive for COVID-19.

Hale Nani Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Makiki said a total of four residents and one staff member have now tested positive with the virus.

On Monday, Hale Nani recorded the state’s first positive case in a patient who fell ill at a nursing home. That patient remains at at the hospital.

Since then, the state Department of Health said crews have been at the Makiki facility testing all residents and workers. Hale Nani said the three positive cases were discovered after tests on Tuesday.

Those residents all live in the same unit as the first infected resident. The staff member who tested positive also worked there and is now isolating at home.

The three COVID-19 positive residents are being isolated in the building.

“We are working diligently to limit the spread of the virus to other residents of the facility and are communicating this news to our residents, staff, and their loved ones. We have our pandemic plan in place,” the nursing home said, in a statement on its website.

“We are strictly limiting access to the building and carefully screening all people entering our facility in accordance with CDC and CMS guidelines. At this time, we are only allowing essential visitors or essential vendors to enter the building on a case-by-case basis.”

This story will be updated.