The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard for Sunday, August 23, at 5:27 a.m.:

Worldwide cases:   23,256,567   Worldwide deaths: 805,733

U.S. cases:  5,674,576  U.S. deaths: 175,674

According to the Dashboard, the reported worldwide case report increased by 246,938 in the last 23 hours.  Deaths worldwide increased by more than 5,167.   The increases in cases and deaths have been around the same for weeks.

According to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard, the United States has added 35,943 cases in the last 23 hours.  In that time,  the number of reported deaths from  COVID-19 increased by 790.  These are both slightly lower than in previous days, which may be partly due to a lag in reporting because of the weekend.

In Hawaii, only has the case count  increased, so has the positivity rate.  On Saturday, the number of tests processed was 2,634, with 284 new cases confirmed.  The positivity rate was around 10.8%, the highest daily positivity rate.     In May, the CDC said a goal to be able to achieve economic recovery was to have a positive rate of tests at less than 10%, aiming towards near zero.   It  said an indicator to use in around the country in deciding when to reopen the economy more robustly is an ever-decreasing positivity rate, along with declining numbers of confirmed cases.

The state’s cumulative case count on Saturday was 6,356, with 4,202 positive.  The state has lost 47 people to COVID-19, with the latest being a 36-year-old man who worked at an O’ahu homeless shelter.

As of Saturday at noon, the State Department of Health said the Big Island has 52 active cases of COVID-19, including 15 newly-confirmed cases on Saturday.  On August 12, the island had 135 cumulative cases.  Ten days later, August 22, 57 new cases had been added.  The Big Island  has 192 cumulative cases as of Saturday.

Saturday around noon, 6 people were in Hilo Medical Center with COVID-19, down 2 from Friday evening.  Lt. Gov. Dr. Josh Green said as of yesterday, there were 192 COVID-19 patients statewide in hospitals.  As for capacity:

ICU Beds in use  120/244, or 49%, with 35 of them being COVID-19 patients

Ventilators:  54/459, or 12%, with 19 of them being COVID-19 patients