Hawaii hospitals bracing for devastating third wave of virus
Hawaii hospitals are predicting a third and potentially more devastating wave of COVID-19 on the horizon as flu season gets underway, schools and tourism reopen and more people gather during the holidays.
The worst local surge in coronavirus infections is anticipated in the final months of the year, with as many as 400 to 450 COVID-19 patients potentially being admitted into the hospital each month in December and January, according to the Queen’s Health Systems, which has a disease modeling team that has been studying waves of past pandemics to forecast future surges. By comparison, Queen’s treated 341 COVID-19 patients during the peak of the pandemic in August.
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