Hilo Medical Center reports that as of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, 14 total COVID-positive patients are hospitalized. Five are in Intensive Care Units and eight are in the COVID Unit. One resident is in the Extended Care Facility/
COVID tests for Extended Care Facility staff and residents continue to come back negative. Next round of testing is on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020.
Admissions to our Extended Care Facility remain paused until the situation is resolved. Hilo Medical Center is optimistic in managing COVID in the hospital and its long term care facility.
Two total deaths, unrelated to the veterans home, have occurred in the hospital on September 8 and 18.
Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home update as of 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, as reported by Avalon Healthcare, the veterans home’s managing company.
A total of 70 residents and 34 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 in this outbreak. 49 residents are currently at the Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home. 17 residents are receiving care in the home’s COVID designated area. Five residents are hospitalized at Hilo Medical Center. 25 total resident deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred. We offer our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones. One death related to COVID-19 to report today that occurred late last night on September 21, 2020.
23 residents and 25 employees have recovered.