Hawaii imposes new restrictions during surge in virus cases

HONOLULU — Hawaii has reinstated restrictions connected societal gatherings amid a surge of caller coronavirus cases.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige imposed the caller restrictions Tuesday successful a bid to assistance hospitals support attraction for a grounds fig of COVID-19 patients and curb wide assemblage transmission of the virus, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

The bid limits societal gatherings to nary much than 10 radical indoors and 25 radical outdoors.

Bars, restaurants, gyms, churches and different establishments indispensable trim their capableness to 50%.

In restaurants and bars radical indispensable stay seated with their groups and support 6 feet of region betwixt parties. No mingling is allowed and masks are required but erstwhile actively eating oregon drinking.

Weddings, meetings, banquets and different organized events indispensable taxable information plans and beryllium approved by region officials.

“We request to instrumentality action, and we request to instrumentality enactment now,” Ige said.

The fig of COVID-19 cases successful Hawaii has been doubling each 7 to 10 days, the politician said.

Amid a surge driven by the delta variant, wellness attraction officials are trying summation capableness astatine hospitals and bring successful further nurses.

Hawaii is present averaging much than 500 cases a day, treble what it was successful August 2020 astatine the past tallness of the pandemic.