Rising Covid Deaths Show Continued Toll Of Pandemic Despite Drop In Cases … Hawaii recorded 16 deaths on Thursday, the second-highest daily number since the pandemic began.
Covid-19 cases have plummeted in recent weeks, raising hopes that the omicron-driven surge is nearing an end, but the daily death toll is reaching pandemic highs.
This spike in deaths comes weeks after the highly transmissible coronavirus variant pushed case numbers to pandemic highs, reaching a seven-day average of 4,725 cases mid-January, according to the latest state numbers.
The seven-day average now sits at 480 cases, a near 90% decline.
