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The state is reporting no new COVID-19 cases Monday for the third time in less than two weeks.

The statewide total of cases stands at 640, with 17 deaths.

So far, 574 people statewide have been released from isolation, while at least 82 required hospitalization. The death toll from the virus in Hawaii stands at 17.

Since the pandemic began, more than 37,000 people have been tested for coronavirus in Hawaii.

Here’s the latest county-by-county breakdown of confirmed positives:

There are now more than 4.7 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus worldwide. Plus, states and sports are getting back to normal across the nation.

Top stories from across Hawaii and around the world, as seen on the 5 p.m. news broadcast from Hawaii News Now.

For the first time in nearly two months, retailers on Oahu are opening their doors and greeting customers. But the shopping experience will be a very different one.

Since getting the approval to reopen Friday, merchants have been sanitizing their stores, posting signs reminding customers to practice social distancing and wear masks and putting up sneeze guards.

They’re not expecting long lines on the first day back. But for now, that’s OK.

“We’re very excited. We’re ready to go. I’m just cautiously optimistic,” said Bradley Ishii, owner of Thinker Things, Thinker Toys and Sanrio. “I know it’s not going to be like it was prior to COVID-19, but I think we’re going to come out really well.”

Many Oahu retailers and shopping malls are reopning their doors to customers for the first time in two months. And a new report shows just how much the pandemic has impacted retail sales nationwide.

Top stories from across Hawaii and around the world, as seen on the 5 p.m. news broadcast from Hawaii News Now.

Typhoon Vongfong has made landfall in the Philippines, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in a country under lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The typhoon struck eastern Samar at around noon local time Thursday. It is the first named storm of the 2020 season in the West Pacific.

A powerful typhoon slammed into the Philippines on Thursday, forcing tens of thousands to evacuate as authorities had to deal with overcrowding in emergency shelters amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The governor announced plans Wednesday to ramp up contact tracing efforts in order to prepare for a possible increase in COVID-19 cases as the state’s economy reopens.