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A bill that allows counties to impose their own hotel tax while cutting the tourism authority's budget is heading to Governor Ige.

A child who was visiting Oahu from the mainland has died after contracting COVID-19, becoming the state’s first pediatric fatality from the virus.

Hawaii reported one additional COVID fatality on Tuesday and 54 new infections.

The new fatality, which was on Oahu, pushes the death toll from the virus in Hawaii to 479.

Of the new cases, 37 were on Oahu, eight on Maui, five in Hawaii County, and two on Kauai. There were also two were residents diagnosed out-of-state.

Since the pandemic began, Hawaii has seen 32,041 cases of COVID-19.

In the last 14 days, meanwhile, there have been 1,096 new infections in Hawaii.

Meanwhile, the state said it has administered 1,172,923 vaccine doses so far.

The Hawaii Department of Health announced Monday that the state will continue the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. It was paused for 11 days while the CDC and FDA examined the risk of blood clots for people who received the vaccine.

Following an hours-long standoff Monday, Big Island police have arrested the suspect in a fatal shooting in Puna. The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. Monday in the Aloha Estates neighborhood.

Hawaii reported 70 new COVID cases on Monday and no additional fatalities.

Hawaii’s death toll stands at 478.

Of the new cases, 42 were on Oahu, 14 on Kauai, nine on Maui, and three on Hawaii Island. There were also two cases diagnosed out-of-state.

Since the pandemic began, Hawaii has seen 31,991 cases of COVID-19. In the last 14 days, meanwhile, there have been 1,110 new infections in Hawaii.

Meanwhile, the state said it has administered 1,161,471 vaccine doses so far.

Nearly 80 years ago, more than a dozen of Hanako Wakatsuki’s family members were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to camps across the mainland as part of the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans after the Pearl Harbor attack. Today, Wakatsuki serves for the federal agency behind those incarcerations — so she can make sure her family’s story and so many others are preserved.

The state said it will resume the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after the US lifted an 11-day “pause” meant to investigate rare instances of blood clots.

Hawaii reported 94 new COVID cases on Friday and one additional fatality.

The new fatality was on Maui and brings the death toll from the virus in Hawaii to 477.

Of the new cases, 73 were on Oahu, 13 in Maui County and four on Hawaii Island. There were also four residents diagnosed out-of-state.

Since the pandemic began, Hawaii has seen 31,751 cases of COVID-19.

In the last 14 days, there have been 1,140 new infections in Hawaii, the DOH says.

Meanwhile, the state said it has administered 1,118,905 vaccine doses so far.

Hawaii's unemployment office is warning of a new scam targeting claimants, some of whom are still struggling to get their benefits.