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Total Passenger Count HTA COVID-19 UPDATE (excluding flights from Canada) (Issued: 4/29/21 @ 4:00pm) 45,000 40,000 35,000 Reason for Trip by Arrival Honolulu Kahului Kona Hilo Lihue Grand 30,000 Airport - Transpacific Screened (HNL) (OGG) (KOA) (ITO) (LIH) Total 25,000 Passengers as of 04/28/21 20,000 Airline Crew 551 257 106 0 53 967 15,000 Connecting Flight (Transit) 574 73 2 0 1 650 10,000 Corporate Meeting 7 2 2 0 2 13 5,000 - Essential Worker 88 26 15 0 7 136 Honeymoon 25 15 6 0 1 47 Incentive Trip 6 4 0 0 0 10 Intended Resident 78 14 23 0 3 118 2019 2020 2021 Military or Federal Government 135 1 0 0 4 140

Other 91 34 12 0 5 142 Other Business 85 48 15 0 22 170 Pleasure/Vacation 5,269 4,425 1,239 0 635 11,568 Domestic Passenger Count 40,000 Returning Resident 1,370 233 163 0 61 1,827 Sports Event 0 4 0 0 0 4 35,000 To Attend School 14 0 0 0 0 14 30,000 To Get Married 9 17 7 0 1 34 25,000 Visiting Friends or Relatives 1,423 298 219 0 102 2,042 20,000 Grand Total 9,725 5,451 1,809 0 897 17,882 15,000 Source: Safe Travels program developed by the State of Office of Enterprise Technology Services 10,000 Note: The data is preliminary and subject to change 5,000

- Footnotes for COVID-19 Cases Novel Coronavirus in Hawaii * COVID-19 Positive Cases Cumulative totals as of 12:00pm on April 29, 2021 **Using cases reported in the past 14 days provides a rough 2019 2020 2021 approximation of the number of cases currently meeting criteria for isolation. This proxy number for “active cases” resolves Total Confirmed Cases 32,232* (122 new) classification issues for cases unable to be reached or who are out of jurisdiction, for whom precise release from isolation date International Passenger Count Hawaii 2,687 may not be possible to determine. It is also not influenced by lags in data entry. (This total does not include Hawaii residents (excluding flights from Canada) 12,000 Kauai 231 diagnosed outside of Hawaii)

Lanai 111 †One case is a Lanai resident whose exposure is on Maui Island 10,000 and who will be remaining on Maui Island for the interim. Maui 3,371† 8,000 ‡Includes Hawaii residents hospitalized out of state. Molokai 37 6,000 §Includes cases that meet isolation release criteria (Isolation Oahu 24,749 should be maintained until at least 24 hours after resolution of 4,000 Out of State 1046 fever and myalgia without the use of antipyretics OR at least 10 days have passed since symptom onset, whichever is longer). 2,000 Pending 0 (The cases that have died and one case that has left the jurisdiction have been removed from these counts). Positive 0 Required Hospitalization 2,131‡ cases include confirmed cases, and Hawaii residents and non- residents; data are preliminary and subject to change. Note that Hawaii Deaths 483 CDC provides case counts according to states of residence. Cases in the past 14 days 1,116* 2019 2020 2021

News Highlights 2021 Initial Weekly Unemployment Claims by Island April 29, 2021 16,000 Honolulu Star Advertiser: Hawaii 14,000 lawmakers pass budget and 12,000 suspend pay raises 10,000 KHON2: Travelers going through 8,000 Hawaii’s airports can expect a lot

6,000 of changes

4,000 KITV4: New Hawaii Tourism 2,000 Authority ad campaign aims to 0 bring back visitors from Japan back to Hawaii

As mask rules 24-Jul-20 : 24-Jan-21 24-Jun-20 24-Oct-20 24-Apr-21 24-Apr-20 24-Feb-21 24-Sep-20 24-Dec-20 24-Aug-20 24-Nov-20 24-Mar-21 24-May-20 differ, Maui businesses call for OAHU HAWAII MAUI KAUAI clarity

The Garden Island: 6 new COVID

cases Wednesday Weekly Unemployment Initial Claims: April 24, 2021 = West Hawaii Today: Five new State of Hawaii 3,216 COVID-19 cases reported, three C&C of Oahu 1,986 hospitalized on Big Island Honolulu 925 Kaneohe 158 San Francisco Chronicle: A boy Waipahu 903 with COVID died on a family trip Hawaii County 379 to Hawaii. Should parents be Hilo 209 worried? Kona 170 Maui County 430 Associated Press: Bill would allow Wailuku 413 additional tax on Hawaii’s tourist Molokai 17 lodging Kauai County 285 (filed in Hawaii against another state) 136 CDC alters rules Agent Travel Weekly: on test sailings, moving cruise lines closer to restart

Helpful Resources Hawaii Tourism Authority Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism Department of Transportation Department of Health https://www.hawaiitourismauthority.org https://dbedt.hawaii.gov/economic/covid19/ https://hidot.hawaii.gov/coronavirus/ https://hawaiicovid19.com/ /covid-19-updates/