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CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY Date: August 30, 2020 <br />MEDIA UPDATE <br />Incident: Coronavirus Update <br />This is a Civil Defense message. <br />Uri IT -3 FINVITITTANTA <br />Radio Frequency: Every Hour <br />Update #: 1 <br />This is a COVID-19 informational update for Sunday morning, August 30th <br />On today's update of COVID-19, the number of active cases, on Hawaii Island, reported <br />and monitored by the Department of Health is one hundred and fifty-one (151). There <br />are thirty-nine (39) new cases of Coronavirus on Hawaii Island. These cases are now <br />isolated and monitored by the Department of Health. At this date, for Hawaii Island, <br />eighteen (18) are hospitalized and sadly one death has been reported. <br />For your information, there is a drive up testing today in Hilo at the Prince Kuhio <br />Shopping Mall parking lot across from Macy's. Hours are from 9:00 in the morning `til <br />1:00 this afternoon. Remember the purpose of testing is to identify positive cases as <br />early as possible and in this way help stop the spread of the virus. The turn -out along <br />with the courtesy and patience of the people in Hilo has been tremendous. The County <br />of Hawaii is very appreciative of the teamwork with the Department of Health, National <br />Guard, and the Community of Hawaii. THANK YOU. <br />In efforts to control the spread of Coronavirus, the Hawaii Police Department will be <br />increasing their patrols and enforcement of the preventive policies of wearing face <br />coverings, distancing and gatherings. With your help, we will stop the spread of the <br />virus to keep Hawaii safe. <br />Thank you for listening and take care. <br />This is your Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. <br />