Effective immediately, the Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) is transitioning from daily to weekly COVID-19 data reporting. Case counts and vaccination updates will be published on the DOH COVID-19 dashboard every Wednesday beginning March 16.
“Our decisions have always been based on trends, not single day counts. There is greater focus now on weekly hospital admissions, weekly hospital occupancy, and weekly case counts when calculating the current community levels of COVID-19. Our processes are evolving as the pandemic evolves,” said State Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Char, FACEP in a press release.
According to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine only nine states report daily COVID-19 case counts.
