New York State, the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, has recorded a new daily record of deathswith 799 deaths.
This state of nearly 20 million inhabitants now has more than 7,000 dead, according to figures given daily by the governor, or nearly half of the more than 14,800 dead recorded in the United States by Johns Hopkins University.
And among these, people who have no family or whose entourage does not have the means to offer a funeral. What explains these drone images in particular broadcast by the New York Postwhere inmates in protective gear are seen placing dozens of coffins in the ground on Hart Island.
Burials of indigents on this island, by inmates, are commonplace in New York, but not to such an extent.
“For decades, Hart Island was used to bury deceased people who were not claimed by family members. We will continue to use the island in this way during this crisis and it is likely that people who have died from COVID who fit this description will be buried on the island.“, Mayor’s spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein told The Post.
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