2020-09-18 Civil Defense PSA for Friday am, September 18 -- press release

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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: September 18, 2020 MEDIA UPDATE Time: 8:00 AM Radio Frequency: Every Hour Update #: 1 Incident: Coronavirus Update This is a Civil Defense message. th This is a COVID-19 informational update for Friday, September 18. On today’s update of COVID-19, the number of new active cases, on Hawaii Island, reported and monitored by the Department of Health is ten (10). At this date, for Hawaii Island, sixteen (16) are hospitalized. The Hilo Medical Center reports two additional deaths for a total of nineteen (19). Eighteen of the deaths are from the Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of these Veterans. To further support efforts at the Veterans Home, a fifteen person team from the Veterans Administration is at the facility to assist the staff and to support operations. A grateful thank you to the Federal and State Governments for their efforts to address the needs of the community at the Veterans Home. For your information, an `Ohana food service is scheduled for today in Puna at the Pahoa Community Center. Distribution begins at 10:00 this morning. A Coronavirus drive-up test site is scheduled for Saturday in Hilo at the Afook-Chinen Auditorium parking lot. Please enter the site through the Kuawa St. entrance. Hours are from 9:00 in the morning ‘til 1:00 in the afternoon. Do know that the constant number of new active cases reflects the aggressive testing program that the County and private partners are conducting. Remember the purpose of testing is to identify positive cases as early as possible and in this way help stop the spread of the virus. This is all our kuleana to make Hawaii Safe. Only we, together, can stop the spread of the virus to keep our family, friends, and neighbors safe. Thank you for listening and be well. This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency.