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2 days ago - The New York National Guard has been using rental vans for its mission in NYC ... there are now between 200 and 250 New Yorkers dying in their homes every day, ... The daily tally of New York City residents who died at home with ... Hart Island is ordinarily used to bury unidentified or unclaimed bodies.
'Obviously, the place we have used historically is Hart Island.'
Bodies are buried three deep in wooden, unmarked caskets. Normally, 25 are buried a week. In the last week of March, however, 72 were buried. It is not known if any or all were coronavirus patients or whether or not the bodies were tested for COVID-19
Hart Island is ordinarily used to bury unidentified or unclaimed bodies. It was used for bodies after the Spanish Flu.
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