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The governor on Tuesday announced the state's plan to reopen to Japanese visitors. Starting November, tourists can avoid the 14-day quarantine with a negative COVID-19 test prior to travel.

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The state is reporting three additional COVID-19 fatalities Tuesday and 66 new infections statewide.

One of the deaths is on Oahu while the other two are on the Big Island. The fatalities bring the official death toll of the virus in Hawaii to 215.

Meanwhile, 50 of the 66 new cases Tuesday were on Oahu. There were 11 in Maui County, three on the Big Island and two out-of-state.

The new cases push the statewide total for infections since the pandemic began to 14,773. About 3,200 of those are still “active,” which means they have not been released from isolation.

Lanai is now under a stay-at-home order amid an outbreak that infected nearly 80 people in less than a week.

The top stories from across Hawaii and around the world, as seen and heard on 'First at 4 p.m.' from Hawaii News Now — anchored by Ashley Nagaoka and Mark Carpenter.

Hawaii is reporting 38 new COVID-19 cases statewide on Monday, pushing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 14,709.

Of the new cases, 26 are on Oahu, nine are on the Big Island and one is on Kauai. There were also two infections reported out-of-state.

There were no new deaths added to the count. The state’s official COVID-19 death toll stands at 212.

Meanwhile, the state put the number of “active” cases in the state at 3,265.

A lockdown is possible for Lanai as the island sees a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases.

The top stories from across Hawaii and around the world, as seen and heard on 'First at 4 p.m.' from Hawaii News Now — anchored by Ashley Nagaoka and Mark Carpenter.

Authorities are considering whether to shut down non-essential activities and businesses on Lanai amid a rapidly spreading outbreak.

On Friday morning, officials put the number of confirmed cases at 48.

That’s up by 10 from Thursday, and comes just days after the first infections on the island were reported. Before this week, the island with a population of about 3,000 had seen no COVID-19 cases.

Maui County Mayor Mike Victorino told Hawaii News Now that he will make a decision by Friday night on whether Lanai will need to lock down to stop the spread of the virus.

But he says the earliest a shutdown would take effect would be Monday at 12:01 a.m.

Maui County Mayor Mike Victorino is considering locking down the island of Lanai as a COVID-19 outbreak continues to grow.