New York mass graves
- Drones photographed workers wearing protective suites burying #COVID19 victims in a mass grave in Hart Island, according to U.S. media reports.
- Mass burial for those with no next-of-kin, or families who cannot afford funerals.
- Hart Island has been used to bury unclaimed dead since the 19th century.
New York state now has more coronavirus cases than any other country outside the US, according to latest figures.
The state’s confirmed caseload of Covid-19 jumped by 10,000 on Thursday to 159,937, placing it ahead of Spain (153,000 cases) and Italy (143,000).
China, where the virus emerged last year, has reported 82,000 cases.
The US as a whole has recorded 462,000 cases and nearly 16,500 deaths. Globally there are 1.6 million cases and 95,000 deaths.
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