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Maui Coronavirus Impacts

State is expecting shipments of updated COVID-19 vaccines

The Maui News The state Department of Health is recommending the use of the first “bivalent” booster vaccines designed to specifically protect against the original COVID-19 and the recent omicron subvariants that are now the most common forms of the virus in Hawaii. The BA.5 omicron subvariant accounts for an estimated 91 percent of the COVID-19 cases in Hawaii, while the BA.4 subvariant accounts for an additional 4 percent of the cases. On Wednesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer and Moderna’s updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccines. The ...

COVID-19 at a Glance

KAUAI: New cases: 114 • Total cases: 17,080 • Average cases: 16 • Positivity rate: 13% OAHU: New cases: 1,246 • Total cases: 235,449 • Average cases: 174 • Positivity rate: 8.2% MAUI: New cases: 179 (172 on Maui, 5 on Molokai, 2 on Lanai) • Total cases: 40,645 (38,643 on ...

Report: Arrivals nearly on par with 2019 levels

Maui’s visitor arrivals in July were just one percent shy of pre-pandemic figures, while visitor expenditures were up nearly 17 percent over 2019, according to preliminary statistics released Monday. In July, Maui saw 304,878 visitors, just one percent below the 307,834 that visited the ...

Spartans take top spots at season-opening Seabury Invite

OLINDA — Under the hot Upcountry sun, Seabury Hall’s Micah Brighton and Layne Millen blew away the Maui Interscholastic League field of runners in the boys and girls races, respectively, on their home course Saturday afternoon. As the Spartans opened the cross country season with ...

COVID cases decline to 6 at jail

The number of inmates with active COVID-19 cases dropped to six at the Maui Community Correctional Center in the week that ended Tuesday, according to the state Department of Public Safety. The number declined after three inmates recovered. During the period, 74 inmates tested negative for COVID, the department reported.

COVID-19 at a Glance

KAUAI: New cases: 101 • Total cases: 16,966 • Average cases: 13 • Positivity rate: 12.9% OAHU: New cases: 1,520 • Total cases: 234,203 • Average cases: 230 • Positivity rate: 9.6% MAUI: New cases: 273 (268 on Maui, 4 on Molokai, 1 on Lanai) • Total cases: 40,466 (38,471 on ...