The Johns Hopkins COVID-19 Dashboard for Monday, September 28, at 5:23 a.m.:

Worldwide cases: 33,156,812     Worldwide deaths: 998,674

U.S. cases: 7,118,523   U.S. deaths:  204,790

According to the Dashboard, the reported worldwide case report increased by 253,672 in the last 24 hours.  Deaths worldwide increased by  3,484.

According to the Johns Hopkins Dashboard, the United States has added 34,000 cases in the last 24 hours.  In that time,  the number of reported deaths from  COVID-19 increased by 240.

As of Sunday, the total cases in the state numbered 12,116 with 1,829 active cases. There have been 132 deaths in the state, but so far the State Department of Health is only including 15 of the Big Island’s 28 deaths in that total.

The Big Island’s total cases as of Sunday afternoon: 700, with 88 active cases on the island.

As of Sunday morning, there were 15 people with COVID-19 in Hilo Medical Center, and 2 at Kona Community Hospital, with one of those on a ventilator, according to official hospital spokespeople.