This is Now (July 22, 2021)

Hawaii reported 243 new COVID cases Thursday, in the highest single-day rise in infections since January, and three additional fatalities. One of the new deaths was in a fully vaccinated Oahu woman in her 60s with multiple underlying conditions, state Health Department officials said. It’s the second COVID death in Hawaii of a vaccinated resident. The two other deaths reported Thursday ― a man on Oahu in his 50s and a Maui man in his 60s ― were unvaccinated.