From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday): DAY     USA    WORLD      Brazil      India      South Africa 2020 June     9     1093     4732         1185        246       82 July    22      1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12      1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9      1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21      1225      6849         571        703       85 Nov    25       2304    12025        620        518      118 Dec     30       3880    14748       1224       299      465 2021 Jan      14       4142      15512        1151        189      712 Feb      3       4005    14265       1209       107      398 Mar      2       1989     9490        1726       110      194 April     6        906    11787         4211       631       37 May     4        853     13667        3025      3786     59   June    1        287    10637         2346      3205      95  July    7         251      8440        1595        817      411 Au

How bad are the  numbers in the U.S . for new cases/day and new deaths/day?  World Bank information for 2022: January 10  1.4 million new cases and 2,014 new deaths March 31        12,000    new cases and    516 new deaths May 11         163,335    new cases and    949 new deaths May 13           95,937    new cases and    393 new deaths From  Worldometer :  for the U.S. Total cases two weeks ago      546,732 Total cases the past week        498,640 Weekly case % change           -9% Total deaths two weeks ago        2,225 Total deaths the past week          1,544 Weekly death % change         -31% Other interesting info from that  Worldometer  site: #2 in cases was Germany.  They dropped in cases 24% and deaths 2% #3 in cases was Taiwan.  They jumped in cases 83% and deaths 192% #4 in cases was Australia.  They increased in cases 20% and had no change in deaths #5 in cases was Japan.  They increased in cases 54% and deaths 17% These countries increased in number of cases: Botswana  46

With all the precautions we are taking, plus the natural barrier of the Pacific Ocean,   Hawaii   has nevertheless been recently clobbered by COVID-19.  As of two days ago, it was speculated that maybe half of new cases were from the Omicron variant.  The infection rate could well continue to increase as this strain gains prominence.  Our football team pulled out of Hawaii Bowl on Friday and basketball team out of the Rainbow Classic yesterday because of pandemic protocols. Hawaii status: Our total case count surged past 100,000 yesterday, which means that 7% of people living here have contracted COVID-19. However, the USA percentage is 15.9%, more than double that of Hawaii. The World average is 3.6%.  Or, Hawaii has double the infection rate of the globe. We had 1828 new cases two days ago, our worst ever. 73.9% of people here have been fully vaccinated.  Not sure about what percent has been boosted. While immunity is not guaranteed about catching this virus, vaccinations well protec