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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: August 21, 2020 <br />MEDIA UPDATE <br />Incident: Coronavirus Update <br />This is a Civil Defense message. <br />Time: 04:00 PM <br />Radio Frequency: Every 2 Hours <br />Update #: 2 <br />This is a COVID-19 informational update for Friday, August 21St <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-eight. There are five new cases of <br />Coronavirus on Hawaii Island. These cases are now isolated and monitored by the <br />Department of Health. At this date, for Hawaii Island, four are hospitalized. <br />Hawaii Island has seen daily increases of positive cases for the past two weeks. Most <br />of these recent cases were transmitted within the community and Department of Health <br />data shows all of these new cases have been identified as Hilo based. Effective today <br />the following policy changes were made to address the spread of the virus; Indoor and <br />outdoor social gatherings are limited to no more than ten (10) persons. This does not <br />apply to family gatherings. In all gatherings face coverings must be worn and physical <br />distance of six (6) feet must be maintained. We must all get better, this is a serious <br />situation developing in Hilo and only you can help stop the spread of this virus. We <br />need your help in following the guidelines of gatherings, distancing and face coverings. <br />Thank you for listening and be safe. <br />This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. <br />