About 200 people tested after COVID-19 case is confirmed at Hilo dialysis center

About 200 people have been tested for COVID-19 following confirmation Tuesday that at least one person tested positive for the virus at Liberty Dialysis in Hilo.

According to Hawaii County, the state Department of Health and the county’s COVID-19 task force “are working closely with the administration of the Liberty Dialysis in response to this incident. This includes screening and testing of all those that could have been infected, and the disinfecting of the dialysis facilities.”