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<br />CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: September 19, 2020 <br />MEDIA UPDATE Time: 1:00 PM <br />Radio Frequency: Every Hour <br /> Update #: 2 <br />Incident: Coronavirus Update <br />This is a Civil Defense message. <br />th <br />This is a COVID-19 informational update for Saturday, September 19. <br />On today’s update of COVID-19, the number of new active cases, on Hawaii Island, <br />reported and monitored by the Department of Health is seven (7). At this date, for <br />Hawaii Island, sixteen (16) are hospitalized. The Hilo Medical Center reports the <br />addition of three new deaths today for a total of twenty-two (22). Twenty-one (21) are <br />from the Yukio Okutsu Veterans Home. Nothing can be said to convey the sadness and <br />emptiness of this. <br />To support efforts at the Veterans Home, a nineteen person team from the Veterans <br />Administration is at the facility to support operations. A grateful thank you to the <br />Veterans Administration for their assistance in addressing the issues at the Veterans <br />Home. <br />For your information, a Coronavirus drive-up testing is now on going in Hilo at the <br />Afook-Chinen Auditorium parking lot. Please enter the site through the Kuawa St. <br />entrance. Hours are from 9:00 this morning ‘til 1:00 this afternoon. Do know that the <br />consistent number of new cases reported reflects the aggressive testing program that <br />the County and private partners are conducting. Remember the purpose of testing is to <br />identify positive cases as early as possible and in this way help stop the spread of the <br />virus. <br />It is all our kuleana to make Hawaii Safe. Only together, can we stop the spread of the <br />virus to keep our family, friends, and community safe. <br />Thank you for listening and have a safe weekend. <br />This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. <br />