Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise.<\/p>\n
Workers in hazmat outfits were seen using a ladder to descend into a huge pit where the coffins were stacked.<\/p>\n
The location is Hart Island, used for New Yorkers with no next of kin or who could not afford a funeral.<\/p>\n
New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any single country, according to latest figures.<\/p>\n
The state’s confirmed caseload of Covid-19 jumped by 10,000 on Thursday to 159,937, of whom 7,000 have died.<\/p>\n
Spain has had 153,000 cases and Italy 143,000, while China, where the virus emerged last year, has reported 82,000 cases.<\/p>\n
The US as a whole has recorded 462,000 cases and nearly 16,500 deaths. Globally there are 1.6 million cases and 95,000 deaths.<\/p>\n
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The drone footage comes from Hart Island, off the Bronx in Long Island Sound, which has been used for more than 150 years by city officials as a mass burial site for those with no next-of-kin, or families who cannot afford funerals.<\/p>\n
It is probable that many of the coffins are for coronavirus victims, but it is not clear whether they fall into the above categories.<\/p>\n
Burial operations at the site have ramped up amid the pandemic from one day a week to five days a week, according to the Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n
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Prisoners from Rikers Island, the city’s main jail complex, usually do the job, but the rising workload has recently been taken over by contractors.<\/p>\n
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio indicated earlier this week that “temporary burials” might be necessary until the crisis had passed.<\/p>\n
“Obviously the place we have used historically is Hart Island,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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