More than 80,000 people in the United States have died to due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There were 80,087 virus-related deaths in the U.S. as of 10:50 a.m. HST, or about 28% of the world’s virus fatalities. A week ago, there were 70,000 deaths in the U.S.
New York continues to have the highest death toll (26,682) of any state, followed by New Jersey (9,340), Massachusetts (4,979) and Michigan (4,584).
Worldwide, 284,883 people have died from the virus, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, and more than 4.1 million have tested positive.
The virus has spread t0 187 countries — or about 96% of the nations on Earth.
There have been 1,344,512 confirmed cases in the U.S.
The first confirmed case in the U.S. was on Jan. 22.
On March 1, there were 98 confirmed cases in the U.S. On March 15, there were about 4,600 cases.
By April 1, the number rose to more than 243,000 as testing efforts increased nationally. On April 15, there were 636,000 cases.
As of this morning, the number of people who have tested positive in Hawaii County is 75. Seventy-four of those have recovered, and one person remains quarantined at home.
Statewide, there have been 632 cases as of Monday, and more than 37,000 people have been tested.
More than 1.4 million people worldwide have recovered from the virus, including just over 216,000 in the U.S.
