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The governor of NY, Andrew Cuomo, extended the coronavirus quarantine on Monday, due to the continuous advance of the pandemic in the state, focus at the national level, after reporting a daily increase of more than 8 thousand infections.
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Monday’s report reported the death of 599 patients, which brought the total deaths to 4,758. Meanwhile, the 8,658 new positive diagnoses raised the balance of cases to 130,689.
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The governor noted that the death rate has remained flat in the past two days, but maintained his opinion that it is too early to draw conclusions. “Now is not the time to be lax“He stressed, so he reported that schools and non-essential businesses should remain closed until April 29.
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New York City Councilman Adam Levine said this morning on his Twitter account that “Soon” there will be “temporary burials” using “a New York City burial park” in which “trenches for ten coffins will be dug online” in a “dignified, orderly and temporary” manner, a possibility confirmed one hour later by Mayor Bill de Blasio at his press conference.
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Asked about the issue, De Blasio did not want to “go into detail” and stated that “we are not yet at the point where that has to be done” but he mentioned Hart Island, a site “historically used” by the city to give burial to low-income or unclaimed people, considered the largest cemetery in the country.
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“If we need to make temporary burials to weather the crisis and then work with each family so that they have their proper arrangements, we will have the capacity to do so,” explained the mayor, who has “been working closely with the federal government” to avoid it and advocated for “putting all the energy and resources to save people.”
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