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December 28, 2020 at 12:48 pm
The State Department of Health has confirmed 46 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the state’s total to 21,028. These numbers reflect tests as of last Saturday. State DOH now reports all numbers two days late. Since Saturday was the day after Christmas, the number of new cases could be artificially low because of reduced numbers of people getting tested or lab results being delayed. In the past 14 days, the number of new cases has been 1,558.
The Big Island count increased by 2. The island has had 1,864 total cases of COVID-19, and 51 people are known to have died from the virus. The most recent death was reported yesterday by Hawaii County Civil Defense with. Statewide, the DOH is confirming 285 deaths from COVID.
State Land Board To Decide On Dredging Of New Beach At Pohoiki - Honolulu Civil Beat
State Land Board To Decide On Dredging Of New Beach At Pohoiki
The state seeks a waiver to dredge a channel through black sand deposited by the 2018 Kilauea eruption. Reading time: 6 minutes.
When Hawaii County Civil Defense reopened portions of the isolated Puna coastline after the 2018 Kilauea eruption, the public discovered a strikingly beautiful new black sand beach had appeared from the sea, and sand and rock had inundated what was once a heavily used boat ramp at Pohoiki.
Now the state Department of Land and Natural Resources is moving forward with a plan to dredge a channel down the middle of that new beach to restore access to the boat ramp, a project urgently needed by the owners of the fishing boats that used to launch there.