"This new package will deliver immediate help to people who have lost their job or can’t make their rent," Sen. Brian Schatz said.

Officials said that high schools that are eligible can ramp up student athletic programming as soon as Monday.

Currently, there are 43 active inmate cases at MCCC and more than 200 inmates are in quarantine.

On Maui, high school students worked with kupuna in making appointments online.

The new program offers counseling, education, information and resource navigation for people experiencing mental health crises.

The bill would provide direct payments of up to $1,400 to most Americans and money for COVID-19 vaccines and testing, aid to state and local governments, help for schools and the airline industry and subsidies for health insurance.

Senate Democrats came out with their version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill.

The surge is underscoring how treacherous the virus is and it is leading to new restrictions across the continent.

While the report says a full recovery is still several years away, Hawaii’s economy is on the upswing.