Spiraling COVID-19 deaths leave morgues overflowing and funeral homes turning away grieving families
4 years ago

Spiraling COVID-19 deaths leave morgues overflowing and funeral homes turning away grieving families

LA Times  

Family and friends console one another as they gather at a service Dec. 20 for Julio Aguilar at the Continental Funeral Home in East Los Angeles. Single-day COVID-19 death records have been broken every day for the last three days of the year, with 242 deaths reported Tuesday, 262 on Wednesday and 291 on New Year’s Eve. ‘We’re running out of ambulances’ In L.A. County, in the days before Christmas, overloaded hospitals were already adding in a net additional 234 more COVID-19 patients in hospitals every day over a weekly period, a record. Lengthy wait times to offload patients at the county’s critically overcrowded hospitals are increasingly keeping ambulances from being able to respond to other emergency calls, officials said Thursday — the latest repercussion of the rampant and widespread coronavirus surge that’s walloping the region’s healthcare system. Sometimes as many as 10 ambulances are queued up waiting to drop off patients, and “we’ve had patients waiting in ambulance bays outside of for seven hours, eight hours,” said Cathy Chidester, director of the L.A. County Emergency Medical Services Agency.

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COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?
1 year, 5 months ago

COVID-19 is ‘heating up all around’ this summer. Should we be wearing masks again?

LA Times  

The uptick in coronavirus transmission this summer has not brought major alarm from health experts. There are people who may want to avoid contracting COVID-19 “because it’s disruptive to life.” Chin-Hong said he’s aware of people who’ve had to change big travel plans to Europe and Africa because of illness. And even if you don’t choose to mask up, “definitely …

Upsurge in hospitalisation rates across US spark fears of another COVID-19 'summer wave'
1 year, 5 months ago

Upsurge in hospitalisation rates across US spark fears of another COVID-19 'summer wave'

India TV News  

The United States might be experiencing another COVID-19 wave as hospitalisations surged more than 10% to 7,109 as of July 15, as compared to 6,444 the previous week, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This could be the start of a late summer wave," said Dr Brendan Jackson, the CDC's COVID-19 incident manager, to NPR. A …

COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: ‘Nobody ... anticipated this toll’
1 year, 10 months ago

COVID-19 deaths top 100,000 in California: ‘Nobody ... anticipated this toll’

LA Times  

It was three years ago this month that California documented its first known victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The heartache of having so many people die weighs heavily on all of us here at public health,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said. “Both perspectives are understandable because the risk of getting sick, the risk of having severe …

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID-19 roils Chinese cities and towns
2 years ago

Packed ICUs, crowded crematoriums: COVID-19 roils Chinese cities and towns

The Hindu  

Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China’s industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers southwest of Beijing. “There’s been so many people dying,” said Zhao Yongsheng, a worker at a funeral goods shop near a local hospital. “They work day and night, but they can’t burn them all.” Over two hours at the Gaobeidian crematorium …

In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up
2 years ago

In COVID-hit Beijing, funeral homes with sick workers struggle to keep up

The Hindu  

Funeral homes across China's COVID-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled on Saturday to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick. In Beijing, which has yet to report any COVID-19 deaths since the policies changed on December 7, sick workers have hit the …

COVID-19 still a leading cause of death in L.A. County, even amid ‘milder’ Omicron surge
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 still a leading cause of death in L.A. County, even amid ‘milder’ Omicron surge

LA Times  

The coronavirus continues to play an outsized role in the mortality rate in Los Angeles County, new data from the Department of Public Health show. By contrast, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death in the nation’s most populous county in the first six months of 2021, a span that includes the deadliest surge of the 2½-year pandemic. COVID-19 was …

COVID is still killing hundreds a day, even as society begins to move on
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID is still killing hundreds a day, even as society begins to move on

LA Times  

A woman holds the hand of her husband, a COVID patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. “The reality is that, nowadays, it’s not just unvaccinated people,” said Kristin Urquiza, cofounder of Marked by COVID, a nonprofit that has pushed for public recognition of pandemic deaths. Many of the high-risk patients that Dr. Thomas Yadegar takes care …

U.S. deaths from COVID-19 reach 1 million, CDC statistics say
2 years, 7 months ago

U.S. deaths from COVID-19 reach 1 million, CDC statistics say

LA Times  

Sara Atkins holds a pillow with an image of her father, Andy Rotman-Zaid, who died of COVID-19 in December 2020. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 reached 1 million Monday, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered by grief and frustration. “It is hard to imagine a million people plucked from this …

Covid-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic. Here’s who’s still at risk
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 is killing more people now than during most of the pandemic. Here’s who’s still at risk

CNN  

CNN — Plummeting Covid-19 case counts across the United States are leading to lifted mask mandates and more conversations about steps toward normalcy – but more people are dying of the coronavirus now than during most points of the pandemic. More than 120,000 people in the US have died of Covid-19 since Omicron became the dominant variant in December, and …

WA hospital overcrowding could be the real killer as health system awaits COVID-19 onslaught
2 years, 11 months ago

WA hospital overcrowding could be the real killer as health system awaits COVID-19 onslaught

ABC  

Despite the border opening delay, COVID-19 is spreading in Western Australia, and I am asked, over and over: are WA hospitals ready? I fear that overcrowding in WA hospitals could kill more people than COVID-19 in 2022. What it really means is that, at most times in WA, there are far too many very ill or injured people needing acute …

COVID-19 still spreading widely in L.A. County, though signs of decline continue
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 still spreading widely in L.A. County, though signs of decline continue

LA Times  

Health officials on Saturday reported more encouraging signs that the Omicron wave may be past its peak in Los Angeles County, though the coronavirus is still circulating widely and a large number of people are becoming seriously ill with COVID-19. The small decreases in new cases, hospitalizations and the test positivity rate suggest the coronavirus is no longer spreading exponentially, …

L.A. County sees 10-month high in COVID death rate
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. County sees 10-month high in COVID death rate

LA Times  

Los Angeles County saw an average of 40 coronavirus deaths a day over the past week, the highest such rate in nearly 10 months, a sign that the prolific Omicron variant may be deadlier than many initially believed. Just in the last week, L.A. County’s number of ICU patients with COVID-19 soared past the peak of the earlier Delta surge. …

COVID-19 deaths rise in L.A. County, but officials blame Delta more than Omicron
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 deaths rise in L.A. County, but officials blame Delta more than Omicron

LA Times  

Marylou Samora is a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday she believes there are still people infected with the previously dominant Delta variant who have been dying in L.A. County’s hospitals. New data from Southern California are providing further evidence that the Omicron variant is causing less severe illness than Delta, …

L.A. COVID-19 cases skyrocket to 27,000 as health officials plead: ‘Act responsibly’
3 years ago

L.A. COVID-19 cases skyrocket to 27,000 as health officials plead: ‘Act responsibly’

LA Times  

Los Angeles County reported another surge in coronavirus cases Friday, prompting health officials to urge residents to curtail large New Year’s celebrations. “The days ahead will be extraordinarily challenging for all of us as we face extraordinarily high case numbers reflecting widespread transmission of the virus,” Barbara Ferrer, L.A. County’s public health director, said in a statement Friday. “Throughout the …

70,000 Californians have died from COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

70,000 Californians have died from COVID-19

LA Times  

COVID-19 has now killed 70,000 Californians, illustrating the pandemic’s still-deadly consequences even as its latest wave recedes. While that overall death toll is the highest in the nation, other large states have seen cumulative death rates over the course of the pandemic that far surpass California’s. “It’s heartbreaking to know that we still have so many premature and largely preventable …

US Covid-19 rates are declining, but colder weather could mean the Delta wave still has months to go, expert says
3 years, 2 months ago

US Covid-19 rates are declining, but colder weather could mean the Delta wave still has months to go, expert says

CNN  

CNN — This Delta variant could be the last major surge of the Covid-19 pandemic, but now is not the time for the US to grow complacent as it has yet to run its course, an expert said. “You’re starting to see an uptick in cases in the colder parts of the country and, as people are driven indoors without …

As COVID infections continue to decline, L.A. County approaches 26,000 deaths
3 years, 3 months ago

As COVID infections continue to decline, L.A. County approaches 26,000 deaths

LA Times  

Infections, hospitalizations and deaths related to COVID-19 have continued to decline in Los Angeles County. As we mark the saddest of milestones, acknowledging the loss of just under 26,000 of our L.A. County family and friends, we extend our thoughts and prayers to all who are grieving and remain singularly focused on ending this pandemic,” L.A. County Public Health Director …

Covid-19 cases forcing hospitals to ration care is unfair and unacceptable, expert says
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 cases forcing hospitals to ration care is unfair and unacceptable, expert says

CNN  

CNN — The magnitude of Covid-19 patients filling hospital beds is avoidable, doctors say. “We are at the point where not every patient in need will get the care we might wish we could give,” said Dr. Shelly Harkins, chief medical officer of St. Peter’s Health in Helena, Montana. In those situations, “people who come in in cardiac arrest may …

Virus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities
3 years, 4 months ago

Virus claims Black morticians, leaving holes in communities

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This year was unlike any other year I’ve ever lived through in …

Covid-19 Deaths Straining Some Florida Hospital Morgues
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Deaths Straining Some Florida Hospital Morgues

News 18  

MIAMI: Mounting deaths from the latest surge in COVID-19 have strained capacity at hospital morgues and funeral homes across central Florida. While Florida’s record levels of new cases and hospitalizations for the disease have leveled off over the past week, averages of daily reported deaths have continued to climb. Hospitals in Florida have reported to the federal government that roughly …

‘There are only so many beds': COVID-19 surge hits hospitals
3 years, 5 months ago

‘There are only so many beds': COVID-19 surge hits hospitals

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida hospitals slammed with COVID-19 patients are suspending elective surgeries and putting beds in conference rooms, an auditorium and a cafeteria. “We are seeing a surge like we’ve not seen before in terms of the patients coming,” Dr. Marc Napp, chief medical officer for Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Florida, said Wednesday. There are only so …

People are still dying from COVID in California despite huge progress. Here’s who they are
3 years, 7 months ago

People are still dying from COVID in California despite huge progress. Here’s who they are

LA Times  

Claudio Arturo Diaz had a lot to celebrate when he turned 64 in February. “Now we’re getting phone calls about setting up the vaccination, but it’s too late.” Latino populations have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, and they continue to account for a high number of deaths, though fewer proportionately: For the two-week period ending May 9, about 40% …

Hope grows for an L.A. summer economic boom as COVID-19 fades, tourists return, businesses recover
3 years, 8 months ago

Hope grows for an L.A. summer economic boom as COVID-19 fades, tourists return, businesses recover

LA Times  

Beverly Bennett, right, and Elizabeth Arnold, both visiting from out of town, shop at Designer Sample Store on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica on Tuesday. For both workers and customers, she said, “you can have all the safety measures in place, but part of what is going to make it is the psyche of feeling comfortable walking into …

Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as India's Covid-19 death toll soars
3 years, 8 months ago

Mumbai gravedigger works 24-hour shifts as India's Covid-19 death toll soars

India Today  

Two or three months into the COVID-19 crisis, Mumbai gravedigger Sayyed Munir Kamruddin stopped wearing personal protective equipment and gloves. India is in the midst of a second wave of coronavirus infections that has seen at least 300,000 people test positive each day for the past week, and its total cases rise past 18 million. In Delhi, ambulances have been …

New COVID-19 cases plummet at Louisiana’s nursing homes
3 years, 8 months ago

New COVID-19 cases plummet at Louisiana’s nursing homes

Associated Press  

— Louisiana’s nursing homes, once the deadly epicenters of the state’s coronavirus outbreak, have seen new cases of COVID-19 plummet at their facilities this year as most of the facilities’ residents have gotten vaccinated. It’s the seventh week in which Louisiana’s approximately 275 nursing homes reported fewer than 30 new cases, according to state data. Inside the facilities, the change …

824 funerals raise concerns on official data in Bhopal
3 years, 8 months ago

824 funerals raise concerns on official data in Bhopal

Hindustan Times  

At least 824 people have been cremated or buried in Bhopal with Covid-19 protocol in the last 12 days, according to the administration of crematoriums and graveyards in the city, but the state’s official Covid-19 death toll in the same period is 34. Families of the victims, health department officials and workers at crematorium and graveyards in the city say …

What explains lag in Covid deaths and funerals in MP?
3 years, 8 months ago

What explains lag in Covid deaths and funerals in MP?

India Today  

Reports of a widening gap between the number of Covid deaths that the Madhya Pradesh government is announcing and the number of funerals that government agencies are carrying out under Covid protocol is triggering panic among citizenry. The local administration has earmarked the Bhadbhada and Subhash Nagar crematoriums for Covid protocol funerals while nearly half a dozen Muslim burial grounds …

Number of Covid-19 funerals in Madhya Pradesh raise underreporting fears
3 years, 8 months ago

Number of Covid-19 funerals in Madhya Pradesh raise underreporting fears

Hindustan Times  

On Tuesday, 84 bodies were cremated or buried in Bhopal with Covid-19 protocols, according to the officials of two crematoriums and a graveyard of Bhopal, even though the health department reported only five Covid-19 deaths in the city, and 40 across Madhya Pradesh. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the bodies were tested for Covid-19, in keeping with an Indian Council …

Frontliners, last responders overrun in raging Covid surge
3 years, 8 months ago

Frontliners, last responders overrun in raging Covid surge

India Today  

A grim sense of déj vu from last year's virus lockdown prevails over India as Covid-19's ferocious surge overwhelms the front-liners and the last responders across the country. CRIPPLING SHORTAGES OF BEDS, ICUs Like last year, the current spike left the country's health infrastructure overstretched, an India Today reality-check found. BEDS IN MUMBAI HOSPITAL LOBBY A video from Mumbai's Lilavati …

L.A. County cautions holiday vigilance as COVID-19 case numbers rise in other states
3 years, 9 months ago

L.A. County cautions holiday vigilance as COVID-19 case numbers rise in other states

LA Times  

Los Angeles County public health authorities are urging people to remain vigilant in observing coronavirus protocols when traveling or socializing during the spring holidays, cautioning that other states are seeing a rise in cases. Although California’s numbers continue to decline, health officials are concerned about an uptick in COVID-19 cases in several states, including New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and …

COVID-19 deaths falling but Americans ‘must remain vigilant’
3 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 deaths falling but Americans ‘must remain vigilant’

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are falling again as the nation continues to recover from the devastating winter surge, a trend that experts are cautiously hopeful will accelerate as more vulnerable people are vaccinated. “I am encouraged by these data but we must remain vigilant,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said …

Opinion: Human beings can’t grieve alone. The cost of trying will be staggering
3 years, 10 months ago

Opinion: Human beings can’t grieve alone. The cost of trying will be staggering

CNN  

Editor’s Note: David M. Perry is a journalist and historian. That’s because the experience of pretty much every person touched by any single death for any cause – in the US that’s over 3 million last year – has also been shaped by Covid. It’s nearly impossible for me to get my mind around the numbers of people dying, those …

In pandemic, more people choose to die at home
3 years, 11 months ago

In pandemic, more people choose to die at home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “My daughter went to the hospital and we saw …

In pandemic, more people choose to die at home
3 years, 11 months ago

In pandemic, more people choose to die at home

Associated Press  

MISSION, Kan. — Mortuary owner Brian Simmons has been making more trips to homes to pick up bodies to be cremated and embalmed since the pandemic hit. “My daughter went to the hospital and we saw her once through the glass when they put her on the ventilator, and then we never saw her again until after she died.” Across …

Deadliest days of the pandemic: COVID-19 kills nearly 15,000 in California in January
3 years, 11 months ago

Deadliest days of the pandemic: COVID-19 kills nearly 15,000 in California in January

LA Times  

Hospital chaplain Anne Dauchy places her hand on the body of a COVID-19 patient as she talks on the phone with the family of the patient. More Californians died of COVID-19 in January than any other month of the pandemic, data from The Times tracker show, with L.A. County continuing to bear the brunt of the virus’ toll. Calling it …

L.A. has avoided a New York-level COVID-19 hospital meltdown as conditions improve
3 years, 11 months ago

L.A. has avoided a New York-level COVID-19 hospital meltdown as conditions improve

LA Times  

Just weeks ago, Los Angeles County’s hospitals were overwhelmed and on the brink of a worst-case catastrophic scenario, with plans ready if doctors needed to ration healthcare. L.A. County’s hospitals are still under great strain, with nearly three times as many COVID-19 patients as it did during the peak of the summer wave. “But are absolutely heading in the right …

COVID-19 toll deepens in Los Angeles County as more than 5,000 die in less than a month
3 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 toll deepens in Los Angeles County as more than 5,000 die in less than a month

LA Times  

In 24 days, 5,106 people have died in Los Angeles County from COVID-19, while just over 10,000 died in the previous nine months. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s official death toll stands at 15,162 after 269 deaths and 10,537 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Saturday. “We wish healing and peace to everyone mourning a loved one …

California sees record-breaking COVID-19 deaths, a lagging indicator of winter surge
3 years, 11 months ago

California sees record-breaking COVID-19 deaths, a lagging indicator of winter surge

LA Times  

Registered Nurses Cristina Marco, left, and Guillermo Dunne help move a patient last month at the COVID ICU at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills. California is continuing to see record-breaking deaths from COVID-19, a lagging indicator of the winter surge that is coming even as overall coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have flattened and started to slightly decline. …

Los Angeles County pause cremation-limit to ease Covid body backlog
3 years, 11 months ago

Los Angeles County pause cremation-limit to ease Covid body backlog

The Independent  

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Air quality regulator temporarily suspends cremation limits for LA County amid ‘backlog’ from pandemic
3 years, 11 months ago

Air quality regulator temporarily suspends cremation limits for LA County amid ‘backlog’ from pandemic

CNN  

CNN — As Los Angeles County battles against the unrelenting coronavirus, an air pollution control agency says it has temporarily suspended limits on cremations in order to assist crematoriums in the county with a “backlog” caused by the pandemic. The South Coast Air Quality Management District said in a news release Sunday that permits for crematoriums usually contain limits on …

Children apologize to their dying elders for spreading COVID-19 as L.A. County reels
3 years, 11 months ago

Children apologize to their dying elders for spreading COVID-19 as L.A. County reels

LA Times  

As hospitals across California braced this week for a surge in COVID-19 patients who got infected over Christmas, officials relayed painful stories of dying victims’ last moments with their families. Families are sharing their final goodbyes on tablets and mobile phones.” Dr. Mark Lepore, intensive care unit physician at Ventura County Medical Center, said last week that too many families …

Every day in Tower Hamlets I hear from families who have lost someone to Covid
3 years, 11 months ago

Every day in Tower Hamlets I hear from families who have lost someone to Covid

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. During the first lockdown, one consultant …

‘A mass fatality event’: California struggles with backlog of bodies of COVID-19 victims
4 years ago

‘A mass fatality event’: California struggles with backlog of bodies of COVID-19 victims

LA Times  

A dozen refrigerated containers brought in to store the bodies of COVID-19 victims are parked at the Los Angeles County coroner’s complex on Thursday. This week, six members of the California National Guard arrived to assist county workers in transferring bodies from hospital morgues to 12 refrigerated storage units parked at the coroner’s office, said Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the …

In Los Angeles County, Nearly 10 People Die Of COVID-19 Each Hour
4 years ago

In Los Angeles County, Nearly 10 People Die Of COVID-19 Each Hour

NPR  

In Los Angeles County, Nearly 10 People Die Of COVID-19 Each Hour California ordered hospitals to share the patient burden and asked the federal government for more medical teams. JACKIE FORTIER, BYLINE: In LA County, more than 8,000 people are in the hospital right now with COVID-19. FORTIER: It's gotten so bad that this week, California issued a statewide order …

California’s deadliest day yet for COVID-19: More than 670 fatalities
4 years ago

California’s deadliest day yet for COVID-19: More than 670 fatalities

LA Times  

A dozen refrigerated storage containers are lined up in the parking lot at the Los Angeles County coroner’s complex. “But we find ourselves today, in terms of the numbers, at a point where we are standing on a beach and watching a tsunami approach.” With hospital morgues overcrowded and overwhelmed funeral homes forced to turn families away, the L.A. County …

Every 8 minutes, someone in Los Angeles County dies from Covid-19
4 years ago

Every 8 minutes, someone in Los Angeles County dies from Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — A person dies from Covid-19 in Los Angeles County every eight minutes, the county said Thursday, underscoring how grim the situation has become in the nation’s most populous county. More than 11,000 Los Angeles County residents have died of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to data from the LA County Department of Public Health. “People …

Overwhelmed by COVID-19, hospitals ‘making difficult decisions’ as patient care deteriorates
4 years ago

Overwhelmed by COVID-19, hospitals ‘making difficult decisions’ as patient care deteriorates

LA Times  

Conditions at Los Angeles County hospitals are worsening by the day, forcing officials to take increasingly desperate measures to prevent the healthcare system from crumbling under a crush of COVID-19 patients. Methodist Hospital of Southern California has taken the grim step of convening a triage team that will “make the difficult, but necessary decisions about allocating limited resources” to critically …

California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out
4 years ago

California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The crush of patients with coronavirus is so severe in Los Angeles that on Tuesday they exceeded the normal capacity at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which serves many Blacks and Latinos in America’s largest county. MLK is emblematic of what is happening at hospitals in Los Angeles, where a surge of coronavirus cases has overwhelmed …

Deaths linked to Covid-19 up 20 percent this week
4 years ago

Deaths linked to Covid-19 up 20 percent this week

NL Times  

Preliminary data released this calendar week showed that 619 deaths were caused by Covid-19, an increase of 20 percent compared to last week. To date, 11,612 people in the Netherlands are known to have died from the coronavirus disease, but several thousand others likely died before they were diagnosed, statistics bureau CBS said based on mortality figures. The current admission …

California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages
4 years ago

California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — As communities across the country feel the pain of a surge in coronavirus cases, funeral homes in the hot spot of Southern California say they must turn away grieving families as they run out of space for the bodies piling up. “I’ve been in the funeral industry for 40 years and never in my life did I …

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