The Johns Hopkins COVID Dashboard for Monday, November 30 at 5:26 a.m.:

Worldwide cases:  62,875,460   Worldwide deaths: 1,461,763

U.S. cases: 13,393,166   U.S. deaths: 266,932

According to the Dashboard, the reported worldwide case report increased by 481,706  in the last 24 hours.  Deaths worldwide increased by 6,733.

According to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard, the United States has added 141,626 cases in the last 24 hours.

On October 31, after 9 months, the U.S. total case count was just over 9 million–around 1 million cases a month.  In just the month of November, the cases in the U.S. have increased by 4.3 million, around 1 million cases per week.

The COVID Tracking Project reports that 93,238 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of yesterday.  Previous high hospitalization rates in April and July were just under 60,000.   Hospitalizations are a major concern nationwide as some hospitals are running out of space due to an influx of patients with severe cases of COVID-19.

The most recent report from Hilo Medical Center on Friday was that they had no COVID-19 patients and had not had any since last Monday.  As of last Wednesday, Kona Community Hospital reported 2 COVID-19 patients, with one of them in the ICU but not on a ventilator.  North Hawaii Community Hospital is providing no information, saying it’s a matter of patient privacy.

In the last day,  the number of reported deaths in the U.S. from  COVID-19 increased by 813.

Until vaccines are widely available, during the spring of 2021, health experts and most state government officials nationwide are pleading with people to avoid gatherings and wear masks.