‘A mass fatality event`: California struggles with backlog of bodies of COVID-19 victims
(World News Science)

With hospital morgues overwhelmed by soaring numbers of bodies amid a surge in COVID-19 deaths, hard-hit parts of California are struggling to store the bodies of those who have died. The Los Angeles County coroner`s office is accelerating efforts to temporarily store corpses as the local death toll hits record levels. This week, six members of the California National Guard arrived to assist county workers in transferring bodies from hospital morgues to 12 refrigerated storage units parked at the coroner`s office, said Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the office. Additional helpers from the National Guard are expected to come next week. Last spring,...