Hawaii Mayor entertains bored people with experiments and card tricks amid lockdown

With most of world's population confined inside ir homes due to coronavirus outbreak and lockdown that followed, people are trying hands at different activities to keep mselves occupied and busy to help pass se hard times quickly. Derek Kawakami, mayor of Hawaii is taking to social media to post fun videos in order to keep his constituents and followers entertained. Derek posts one video every night as part of series he calls 'Stay Home Kauai' and he has been doing this since lockdown in United States began a month ago. 

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In his social media series, Derek tries everything, from teaching to make homemade facemasks to interesting science experiments and card tricks, he does it all. Derek while talking to media said his videos started garnering a lot of attraction after he posted a tutorial to make face masks and since n he has been doing this every night. Derek said that he started this with his wife, who is a middle school teacher, and was concerned about her students and wanted to do a few projects to keep children occupied during lockdown. 

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Derek while talking to press said he has been conducting his usual mayorial duties during day time and making videos after that is just a way to release all pressure and be himself for some time. According to data by worldometer, Hawaii has recorded 607 confirmed coronavirus cases so far, of which 16 people have lost ir lives. re are currently 98 active infections on island state.  United States is currently worst affected country in world as it became first nation on April 27 to record more than a million coronavirus cases and over 56,000 deaths. 

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