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<br />CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: August 19, 2020 <br />MEDIA UPDATE Time: 08:00 AM <br />Radio Frequency: Every 2 Hours <br /> Update #: 1 <br />Incident: Coronavirus Update <br />This is a Civil Defense message. <br />th <br />This is a COVID-19 informational update for Wednesday, August 19. <br />On today’s update of COVID-19, the number of active cases, on Hawaii Island, <br />monitored by the Department of Health is twenty-three. There are four new cases of <br />Coronavirus on Hawaii Island. All four of these cases have been identified as Hilo <br />based. These new cases are not associated with any known clusters and are <br />considered community spread. These cases are now isolated and monitored by the <br />Department of Health. At this date, for Hawaii Island, one person is hospitalized. <br />For your information, a drive through testing is scheduled today in North Kona at the <br />Keauhou Shopping Center. Hours are from 9:00 in the morning ‘til noon. <br />Again Hawaii Island has seen a daily increase of positive cases for the past two weeks. <br />Most of these recent cases are not travel related which means the virus is being <br />transmitted within the community. Data from the Department of Health indicates the <br />majority of these new cases originated in Hilo. It has been noted that many have not <br />been following the policies of gatherings, distancing and wearing of face coverings. A <br />review is now underway to see what policies changes if any need to occur to address <br />the growing spread of the virus. <br />Know that person to person close contact is the main method that the virus is spread <br />and we need your help in following the guidelines of gatherings, distancing and face <br />coverings. <br />Thank you for listening, be safe. <br />This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. <br />