New York reported that 777 people died from the coronavirus pandemic in the last 24 hours

The Governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, He reported that 777 people died of coronavirus in the state in the last 24 hours. The figure supposes a slight break regarding Thursday, when 799 deaths were confirmed. Until now, 7,844 have lost their lives in the state in the wake of the pandemic.

“We continue to endure great pain as we lost 777 New Yorkers yesterday. We deeply feel this loss as a New York state, community and family. It’s a terrible and heartbreaking loss”, He indicated.

Then he argued that his government will allocate $ 200 million for emergency food assistance to more than 700,000 low-income households in the state. And he added: “Saying thank you is good. Providing assistance is better. I am working with the New York Congressional delegation to create a ‘COVID-19 Heroes Compensation Fund’ to support frontline workers and their families. Just like Congress did after 9/11, we need to support our heroes once again. “

Finally, he referred to a possible lifting of the quarantine and the massive tests. “Reopening will be a gradual process and it all comes down to testing. We develop an antibody test but we need the federal government to help us. They must use the Defense Production Act to rapidly expand testing. If I could, I would, ”he said.

New York has reduced the amount of time it holds unclaimed bodies before they are buried in the city’s public cemetery: Under the new policy, the coroner’s office will keep bodies in storage for only 14 days before they are buried at the Hart Island Cemetery.

Usually, about 25 bodies a week are buried on the island, mainly for people whose families cannot afford a funeral or who are not claimed by their relatives. However, in recent days and with the coronavirus pandemic, burial operations have increased from one day a week to five days a weekwith about 24 burials each day, spokesman Jason Kersten said.

Aerial images taken by various news agencies show workers digging graves on the island, a restricted-access strip of land a mile from the Bronx that is the final resting place for more than a million New Yorkers, the majority of whom are homeless.

About 40 coffins were lined up for burial on the island this Thursday, and two fresh trenches have been dug in recent days..

Burials are typically performed by inmates at the city’s Rikers Island prison complex, but during the coronavirus pandemic, the work has been taken over by the contractors.

City officials have not explained whether the increase in burials is due to pressure on burial houses to dispose of the bodies more quickly.

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