I have regularly reported on King Kamehameha Day, and here is one from five years ago .  Today is a state holiday, but the annual Saturday floral parade has been cancelled, and there is discouragement about being at the statue when leis are draped over King Kamehameha on Friday.  Best I can find is that the local Olelo channel 53 will be showing this event from 12:30-1:30 today. How many people have died from COVID-19? Between seven million and 13 million people have died of Covid, according to   an analysis by The Economist magazine . The pace has been speeding up, too: More people have already died in 2021 than did in all of 2020 . The Worldometer site I have been using indicates today that 3.8 million have perished.  The Johns Hopkins data used by many also says 3.8 million deaths.  Where are most of the still unreported deaths?  Africa ( second from the right ) and especially Asia ( right-most graph ), which includes the who region centered in India: Read the Economist article