COVID Case Identified in ‘Resort Bubble’ Post-Travel Test Program

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported one case of COVID-19 on Friday, March 19.

Today’s case is a male visitor whose source of infection is related to mainland travel and was identified via the Enhanced Movement Quarantine or “Resort Bubble” post-travel test program.

All active cases are in isolation. Close contacts are being identified, directed to quarantine, and offered testing.

Today’s case brings the number of active cases to two, with 219 cumulative cases. Kaua‘i’s cumulative case count includes 187 confirmed locally, one probable, and 31 positive cases diagnosed elsewhere, as they received their pre-travel test results after arriving on island.

For more information on the county’s COVID-19 response, visit www.kauai.gov/COVID-19. For more information on the state’s COVID-19 cases or the state’s Safe Travels program, visit hawaiicovid19.com.