Dec 16, 2020
An accidental shooting that was reported Saturday took place at an off-duty Maui Police Department officer’s home in Waiehu, though the victim was not an officer, police confirmed Tuesday evening.
Police were dispatched to the home at 11 p.m. Saturday for a report of a man who had been accidentally shot. When they arrived on scene, police found the home unoccupied and were informed that the victim had been taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center emergency room.
The 26-year-old male suffered a gunshot wound and was transported to the Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu for further treatment.
Worldwide cases: 73,033,508 Worldwide deaths: 1,625,379
U.S. cases: 16,532,877 U.S. deaths: 300,886
According to the Dashboard, the reported worldwide case report increased by 647,573 in the last 24 hours. Deaths worldwide increased by 10,327.
According to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard, the United States has added 270,573 cases in the last 24 hours.
In the last day, the number of people who have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 increased by 1,640.
The COVID Tracking Project reports that 110,549 people were hospitalized nationwide with COVID-19 as of yesterday. Hospitalization rates on the mainland have been increasing at an alarming rate, with some hospitals getting close to being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. The below graphic from the COVID Tracking Project gives a visual of the situation. The graphic may be seen in full size at The COVID Tracking Project
December 15, 2020 at 6:37 am
Hilton Raethel of the Hawaii Healthcare Association says vials of the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccine should be shipped to the Big Island hospitals early next week, for vaccinations to begin.
Hilo Medical Center and Kona Community Hospital, both part of the state’s Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, have both said their facilities are ready to begin vaccinating those front line health care workers who want to receive the vaccine. Because the vaccine is under Emergency Use Authorization and not fully approved by the FDA, employers will not be requiring their employees to get the vaccine at this time. Pfizer says it will be submitting additional safety data to the FDA and expects to request full approval from the FDA within 6 months.