13 New COVID Cases Confirmed on Kaua‘i

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported 13 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, Oct. 29.

Today’s cases are all residents. Of the 13 new cases, three are children and 10 are adults. Two of the cases are related to mainland travel. The remaining 11 cases are considered community-acquired. Seven of the community-acquired infections are close contacts of a previously announced case or are tied to one of our active clusters. The remaining four cases have no known source of infection, including two whom investigators have been unable to reach after repeated attempts or who have refused to provide information.

Today’s cases bring the number of active cases to 112, with four hospitalized, and 2,701, cumulative cases. Kaua‘i’s cumulative case count includes 2,642 confirmed locally, eight probable, and 51 positive cases diagnosed elsewhere, as they received their pre-travel test results after arriving on island.