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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: August 9, 2020 <br />MEDIA UPDATE <br />Incident: Coronavirus Update <br />This is a Civil Defense message. <br />Uri IT -3 FINVITITTANTA <br />Radio Frequency: Every 2 Hours <br />Update #: 1 <br />This is a COVID-19 informational update for Sunday, August 9th. <br />On today's update of COVID-19, the number of active cases monitored by the <br />Department of Health is twelve. This increase of three new cases for the Island of <br />Hawaii that are isolated and being monitored by the Department of Health. At this date <br />for Hawaii Island, no one is hospitalized. <br />The Island of Oahu has seen a large increase in the number of positive cases in the <br />past two weeks. Much of this increase has been identified as related to large group <br />gatherings and not wearing face masks. This huge increase caused City and County of <br />Honolulu to establish policies of closures to all parks and limiting all indoor and outdoor <br />gatherings, and the closure of some businesses. <br />The Island of Hawaii remains in a good place and policy changes affecting this island <br />have not been required. We need your help in taking special care when socializing and <br />gathering. Everyone must do their part by following the preventive measures of face <br />coverings, cleanliness, keeping yourself healthy, of staying at home when sick, and <br />distancing. Thank you for taking the effort to keep our neighbors, friends, family and <br />community safe. <br />As a reminder, do know the wearing of face masks is mandatory on the Island of <br />Hawaii. <br />Thank you for listening, have a safe Sunday. <br />This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. <br />