COVID-19 confirmed in Hawaii: 607+ cases 16 deaths

[TomK]

I was going to mention exactly the same thing as randomq - the current Big Island numbers are equivalent to a daily infection rate of 200 on Oahu simply based on the population ratio. Additionally, the 10:1 ratio was from a little time ago, suspect it might be a little lower now given more testing is happening, but it's pretty clear that we have a few hundred active cases on the Big Island with most of them probably in the Hilo and upper Puna area. Harry Kim has said there is no need for surge testing on the Island but I'm not so sure. And, as randomq points out, we have nowhere near the same capacity as Oahu when it comes to hospital beds.

I'm usually quite an optimistic person but am not feeling that way right now.