Mahalo to Caren Espejo for sharing this Aloha Friday Photo. Whether or not you see Le’ahi Crater, extra generally often known as Diamond Head, up shut or from a distance, it at all times catches your eye.
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Now for an replace on COVID-19 in Hawaii and its potential future results. Just lately the variety of new circumstances have been within the 100 – 200+ vary. In yesterday’s alarming report, a brand new document excessive of 355 was introduced. The earlier document was 231 circumstances on August 8. So, that’s fairly a soar.
A lot of the circumstances are centered on Oahu. Hawaii News Now reports that of the present lively circumstances, 96% of them are on Oahu.
Hawaii has one of many highest contagion charges within the USA. In a Hawaii Information Now report on Wednesday, an epidemic monitoring knowledgeable estimates that one in 50 Oahu residents might have the virus.
In a press conference yesterday, Gov. Ige says that leaders are contemplating re-instating stay-at-home orders. Moreover, leaders might delay the beginning of the pre-travel testing program which might enable trans-Pacific guests to bypass quarantine with a damaging COVID-19 check. That program was set to start September 1.