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<br />CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: April 22, 2020 <br />MEDIA UPDATE Time: 8:30 AM <br /> Radio Frequency: Each Hour <br /> Update #: 1 <br />Incident: Coronavirus Update <br />This is a Civil Defense message. <br />nd <br />This is a COVID-19 informational update for Wednesday morning, April 22. <br />On today’s report of COVID-19, the total number of people who tested positive for <br />Hawaii Island remains at 63. From this 38 have been cleared as recovered and the <br />remaining 25 are quarantined at home and monitored by the Department of Health. At <br />this date no one had to be hospitalized. <br />The Department of Health is continuing the investigation of the fast food cluster incident <br />and based on their findings thus far, believe this outbreak does not pose a threat to the <br />general public. In their mission of contact tracing, to ensure speed and thoroughness <br />several Department of Health personnel from Oahu were brought in and if needed, as in <br />all cases, your County Police Department stands ready to assist on request. <br />Know that effective today, stronger policies related especially to merchants go into <br />effect. It is well understood that merchants may need assistance during this transitional <br />period, and the Hawaii County Fire Department, who is the lead agency on prevention <br />programs, will assist you if needed. <br />For your information, drive-through testing will be conducted at Ka’u today at St. Jude’s <br />Church on Paradise Circle in Hawaiian Ocean View Estates. Thank you, Ali’i Health, <br />Premier Medical Group, St. Jude’s Church and the County Task Force for conducting <br />this service. <br />Thank you very for listening, have a beautiful Earth Day. <br />This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense. <br /> <br /> <br />