OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
SORRY.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
TODAY, AS THE GOVERNOR POINTED
OUT, WE WANT EVERYONE TO TAKE A
DEEP BREATH.
I KNOW 300 85 CASES WAS A SHOCK
-- WE HUNDRED 55 CASES WAS A
SHOCK TO PEOPLE.
IT IS HUMID TO BE SCARED, AND
ALSO SOMETHING WE ARE PREPARED
FOR VERY PASSIONATELY TO MAKE
SURE WE SAVE LIVES.
SO LET'S GO OVER THE NUMBERS A
BIT.
WE HAVE 355 NEW CASES TODAY, A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER ARE OF A
GROUP THEY DID A GOOD JOB
TESTING FOR.
WE WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT
TODAY.
I WANT TO GIVE SOME BASIC
PERSPECTIVE.
YOU SEE CLEARLY HOW THE PANDEMIC
HAS PLAYED OUT IN OUR STATE.
FROM FEBRUARY TO JUNE, ALMOST
EXACTLY 900 CASES.
DURING THAT TIME, WE HAD A QUIET
MADE, BECAUSE PEOPLE DID SUCH A
GOOD JOB STAYING AT HOME,
SUPPRESSING THE VIRUS, AND THE
GOVERNOR GOT COMFORTABLE -- AND
WE GOT COMFORTABLE.
WHEN JULY HIT, JULY 4 WEEKEND,
CELEBRATIONS, LIKE ALL AMERICANS
, WE STARTED TO SEE SOME SPREAD.
ESSENTIALLY IT WAS A SMALL FIRE
THAT SENT SPARKS OUT THE BECAME
OTHER FIRES.
THAT MONTH WAS 1200 CASES, 20
AND 30 CASES A DAY.
WE SAW A VERY SMALL INCREASE IN
HOSPITAL CAPACITY AT THAT TIME.
PEOPLE WERE GOING TO THE
HOSPITAL INFREQUENTLY.
TO CONTRAST THAT, IN JULY, IN
AUGUST, IT HAS BEEN 2100 CASES
COME IN HERE ONLY AUGUST 13, SO
WE SEE THE RAPID ACCELERATION OF
THE SPREAD OF COVID, MOSTLY FROM
CLUSTERS AT HOMES, IN THE
COMMUNITIES, AND SOME LARGE
CLUSTERS.
WE SAW THE BEGINNING OF A LARGE
GROWTH OF THE DISEASE IN THE
PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY.
WE ARE SEEING ESSENTIALLY BURSTS
OF THE DISEASE AMONG OTHER
SETTINGS LIKE THE HOMELESS
COMMUNITY, WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS
IN A MOMENT.
SO 2100 CASES IN AUGUST.
IT IS IMPORTANT I SHARE YOU THE
IMPACT OF THAT.
OVERALL, WE WILL ALSO ADDRESS
ACTIVE CASES IN OUR STATE.
THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MANY
PEOPLE GET OVER COVID WITHOUT
TOO MUCH PROBLEM.
OTHERS, HOWEVER, GET SICKER.
AT THE MOMENT, WE HAVE 2558
ACTIVE CASES.
ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE IN OAHU.
THERE IS ACTIVE DISEASE ON THE
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS, BUT MOST OF IT
IS ON OAHU, AND THIS HAS
SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR HOW
IT WILL PLAY OUT IN OUR
HOSPITALS.
A BASIC REFRESHER COURSE WITH MY
MEDICAL HAT ON, THAT THE CASES
WE'VE HAD, ABOUT 4000 TOTAL,
2558 ACTIVE CASES.
11 CASES WE ARE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE
WITH A TEST HAVE RESULTED IN A
HOSPITALIZATION.
OUT OF THOSE CASES ACTIVE RIGHT
NOW, WE CAN EXPECT ANOTHER
APPROXIMATELY 270 FIVE
INDIVIDUALS TO NEED HOSPITAL
SERVICES TO GET WELL.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN AUGUST, SO
YOU CAN GET A PERSPECTIVE ON WHY
THE GOVERNOR IS BEING
APPROPRIATELY SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT
WE WILL HAVE TO DO IN OUR STATE.
ON AUGUST 1, WE HAD 177 CASES
STATEWIDE.
177 HAD GONE TO THE HOSPITAL TO
THE PANDEMIC.
IT WAS THE LOWEST NUMBER IN THE
COUNTRY.
ON THAT DAY, 13 DAYS AGO, WE HAD
75 CITIZENS IN HOSPITAL, MOSTLY
OK, BUT SOME OXIDANT TREATMENT
AND PEOPLE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE
UNIT.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
HERE WE ARE THURSDAY, AUGUST 13.
WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF 258
CASES, BUT HAVE TWICE THE NUMBER
WE HAD ON AUGUST 1 IN THE
HOSPITAL.
WE NOW HAVE 150 INDIVIDUALS AND
A COUPLE OF CASES THAT HAVE BEEN
ADMITTED SINCE WE WROTE THIS
CARD IN HOSPITAL, AND THEY ARE
BECOMING MORE SEVERE.
WE HAVE SEEN THAT IN THE
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AND ON
VENTILATORS.
81 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED, AND UNFORTUNATELY
SOME DO DIE, AS WE HEARD TODAY.
OUR HEARTS BREAK WHEN WE REPORT
SOMEONE HAS BEEN SICK, AND MOST
OF THE FATALITIES HAVE BEEN
AMONG OLDER INDIVIDUALS, BUT WE
DID HAVE A 44-YEAR-OLD PASS
AWAY.
WHEN THE GOVERNOR SAYS SOCIAL
DISTANCE, FOLLOW THE
RESTRICTIONS, AND WEAR MASKS,
THAT IS WHY.
WHY IS A SMALL STATE WITH
LIMITED CARE CAPACITY.
WE HAVE 244 BEDS STATEWIDE.
WE HAVE INSTRUCTED OUR HOSPITALS
TO PREPARE TO EXPAND THEIR
CAPACITY, IF NECESSARY.
AS OF THIS MORNING, ONE HUNTER
37 -- 137 OF THOSE BEDS WERE
OCCUPIED.
MOST WERE OCCUPIED BY
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD HEART
ATTACKS, CANCER, OR THEY WERE
TREATING, BUT 29 INDIVIDUALS
WERE IN THE ICU WITH COVID, AND
QUITE SICK.
TOWARDS THE END OF THIS
PRESENTATION, I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE LIFE-SAVING MEASURES
WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE 459 VENTILATORS FOR USE
AT ANY TIME IN THE STATE, MOST
IN OAHU.
73 ARE IN USE.
22 ARE FROM COVID PATIENTS.
THE CONCERN I HAVE IS WHAT YOU
ARE IN THE ICU WITH COVID, IT IS
HIGHLY LIKELY YOU WILL STRUGGLE,
AND IN MANY CASES, PEOPLE DO
PASS AWAY IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE.
WE HAVE HAD 40 FATALITIES TO
DATE, THE LOWEST RATE IN THE
COUNTRY, BUT THAT IS 40 FAMILIES
WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE.
ONE OUT OF EVERY HUNDRED CASES
HAS RESULTED IN A FED TABLET E.
-- IN EFFECT TABLET E.
-- FATALITY.
MOST CASES OF COMMUNITY SPREAD,
SOME IN A HOMELESS SHELTER, AND
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY HOW LITTLE
WE HAVE HAD AMONGST THE HOMELESS
COMMUNITY TODAY.
THAT IS A CONCERN, AND THAT IS
WHY WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND OF COURSE IN OUR PRISONS, WE
WILL GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT
THAT.
IN PRISON, IF THEY GET SICK,
THEY GET HEALTH CARE SERVICES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY WILL
GET HEALTH CARE, OF COURSE.
WHAT IS THE TAKE AWAY ALL THIS?
THERE IS A HOSPITAL SURGE
HAPPENING NOW, SOMETHING WE HAVE
WITNESSED IN OTHER STATES AND
COUNTRIES ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
WE ARE IN A UNIQUE POSITION TO
RESPOND TO THAT, SO WHAT DO WE
DO?
WE TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEMS IN HOSPITALS,
LISTEN TO OUR PEOPLE, AND IF WE
NEED ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS, IF
WE GO TO A STAY-AT-HOME ORDER,
IT WILL BE TO SAVE LIVES AND
STOP THE VIRUS SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER.
WE HAVE CAPACITY IN OUR
HOSPITALS NOW, BUT IT IS GETTING
CLOSER TO THE POINT WHERE WE
WILL OVERFLOW OUR HOSPITALS AND
NOT GET THE SERVICES ALL
CITIZENS DESERVE.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE SO SERIOUS