HIDOE Reports Increase in COVID Cases as Students Return to Classrooms Statewide

An increase in COVID-19 cases was reported in public schools across all Hawaiʻi Department of Educationʻs complexes statewide including on Kauaʻi.

With the first week of the 2021-22 school year now completed, HIDOE reported 325 confirmed cases between Aug. 7-13 throughout the state. This is the first time since the pandemic erupted in March 2020 that schools have returned to fulltime in-person instruction.

This week’s case report is available here: http://bit.ly/hidoe-covid-updates.

Cases reported during the week that still require confirmation or processing are not included in the total.

See below for a breakdown of cases at Kauaʻi schools:

Kapaa-Kauai-Waimea Complex

Kapaa High: 6

Kauaʻi Highway: 1

Kailua Elementary: 4

Kailua Intermediate: 1

Wilcox Elementary: 1

Waimea High: 2

Waimea Canyon Middle: 1

Kīlauea Elementary: 2

King Kaumualiʻi Elementary: 2