This is Now (August 6, 2021)

The state reported 628 new COVID infections Friday, and two additional deaths. It’s the second day in a row Hawaii has reported more than 600 new cases. On Thursday, 655 new infections were reported, the highest single-day total since the pandemic began. The two fatalities bring the death toll in Hawaii from the virus to 540. Both of those who died were men in their 70s. They had been hospitalized, the state Health Department said. One was on Oahu, while the other was on Maui.