California now reporting 525 coronavirus deaths every day
Posted: 2021, Jan 17, Sun, 9:23 am
https://abc7.com/california-covid-death ... s/9716694/More Californians than ever are dying from the coronavirus -- a knee-bucking 525 every day - and with the number expected to keep climbing state officials said Friday they are sending more refrigerated trailers to act as makeshift morgues for overwhelmed county coroner's offices.
There are now 98 of the trailers to help county coroners store bodies "with respect and dignity," Office of Emergency Services Director Mark Ghilarducci said. In Los Angeles County, where on average a person dies every 6 minutes, temporary storage facilities have been set up in the parking lot adjacent to the coroner's office.