Loading ...Total cases: 629 (3 newly reported)
Hawai’i County: 74
Honolulu County: 408
Kaua’i County: 21
Maui County: 116†
Pending: 0
Residents diagnosed outside of Hawai‘i: 10
Required Hospitalization: 74‡
Hawaii deaths: 17
Released from Isolation: 565§
Cumulative totals as of 12:00pm, May 7, 2020
Three new cases in Honolulu.
Today begins the Governor’s “Safer at Home” proclamation that eases restrictions on some low-contact businesses. Crowd gathering functions still prohibited. Masks required everywhere any face-to-face business happens, even drive-thru windows.
Several hundred tourists still come daily. Quarantines for 14 days still in effect for incoming visitors. One newlywed couple arrived, got to the hotel for quarantine, and promptly busted quarantine by getting a pizza and eating it at a closed public park. They were arrested, cited for a $5,000 fine, and sent back to the mainland the next day.
If we the locals have to endure this… so do you damn inconsiderate tourists! Our Hawaii virus numbers are low and we want to keep it that way, even if our economy is a shambles. Hawaii has the highest unemployment rate of any state now.