Hawaii reports 4 additional COVID-19 fatalities, 80 new infections

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Published: Dec. 9, 2020 at 3:48 PM HST
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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii reported four additional COVID-19 fatalities on Wednesday, pushing the statewide death toll from the virus to 266.

All four of the new deaths were on Oahu.

The state Health Department did not release the victims’ ages, saying only that they were men and between 40 and 79 years old.

Meanwhile, there were 80 new COVID-19 infections.

Of the new cases:

  • 45 are on Oahu
  • 15 on Maui
  • 12 on the Big Island
  • one on Kauai
  • Seven were residents diagnosed out-of-state

The new cases push the statewide total for infections since the pandemic began to 18,741.

In the last 14 days, Hawaii has seen 1,179 new cases.

Here’s an island-by-island breakdown of cases:

Oahu

  • 15,924 total cases
  • 918 cases in the last 14 days
  • 1,183 required hospitalization
  • 203 deaths

Hawaii County

  • 1,664 total cases
  • 106 cases in the last 14 days
  • 80 required hospitalization
  • 43 deaths

Maui

  • 633 total cases
  • 133 cases in the last 14 days
  • 68 required hospitalization
  • 17 deaths

Lanai

  • 106 total cases
  • 0 cases in the last 14 days
  • 5 required hospitalization
  • 0 deaths

Molokai

  • 22 total cases
  • 5 cases in the last 14 days
  • 1 required hospitalization
  • 0 deaths

Kauai

  • 121 total cases
  • 19 cases in the last 14 days
  • 7 required hospitalization
  • 1 deaths

Out-of-state

  • 271 total cases
  • 2 required hospitalization
  • 2 deaths

This story will be updated.

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