HONOLULU — Hawaii public health authorities said Friday 15 more people have tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. It was the largest single-day increase in about two months.
HONOLULU — Hawaii public health authorities said Friday 15 more people have tested positive for the disease caused by the coronavirus. It was the largest single-day increase in about two months.
The state Department of Health said a total of 706 people have tested positive since the outbreak began. The number of deaths remained unchanged at 17.
The governor imposed a statewide stay at home order in late March to control the spread of the virus. Restrictions were relaxed starting last month, allowing retailers and other businesses to reopen.
Hawaii has had relatively low infection rates compared to other U.S. states in part because it requires that travelers quarantine themselves for 14 days upon arrival.
The state plans to lift the quarantine mandate for inter-island travelers on Tuesday. The governor has also been developing plans to lift the quarantine requirement for travelers coming from out of state which will allow the tourism industry to resume operations.
Here comes inter-island travel tomorrow, lets see what happens in 14 days. =(
They like to publish this to justify the lockdowns, but they don’t tell us that most of these people are either asymptomatic, or have mild symptoms and are not hospitalized ..
They also neglect to tell us that the rise in numbers is due to increased testing, all medical personnel, and state officials, knew way ahead of time, that as testing increases, so will the number of positive cases..
The governor could have announced something like ‘we will likely see an increase in positive cases as we test more, we are ready to handle it, and there’s no need to panic’
Instead Ige chose to say nothing, that way it’s a big headline 14 NEW CASES etc. which creates justification to all the government control and lockdowns..