Molokai clusters grow to 24 cases Health officials say two clusters are linked, more cases expected
Two dozen cases among two related clusters have been identified on Molokai, and officials anticipate the number of cases will grow due to wider community spread.
“Cluster size is expected to increase — and it has,” state Department of Health spokesman Brooks Baehr told The Maui News on Thursday.
The increase since last week is significant because Molokai, a rural island with about 7,000 people, only had 25 cases as of late January. Up until late August, it had only seen two cases.
