About 40 percent of Oʻahu Community Correctional Center inmates tested for coronavirus are positive

Four out of every 10 Oʻahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) inmates tested for COVID-19 have received positive results since mass testing began at the Kalihi facility a week ago, according to numbers extrapolated from the daily totals issued by the state Department of Public Safety.

Of the 474 inmates tested since Aug. 11, 199 have received positive results. That’s about 42 percent of those tested.

Public Safety Director Nolan Espinda reported last week that OCCC had 968 inmates on Thursday, so the 199 positive results represent about 20.6 percent of the total population.

Public Safety officials said they intend to test the remaining OCCC inmates in the coming days.