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'There is no room to put these bodies,' Alabama health official says as COVID-19 deaths climb

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  • 'There is no room to put these bodies,' Alabama health official says as COVID-19 deaths climb

    Published Saturday, August 28, 2021 9:57PM EDT
    Last Updated Saturday, August 28, 2021 9:57PM EDT

    Aya Elamroussi

    ...In Alabama, one of the hardest-hit states in the latest surge, overall hospitalization numbers continue to climb, driving health officials to use mobile trailers to house bodies because COVID-19 deaths are soaring, state health officer Dr. Scott Harris said Friday.

    ... The state activated two of its four refrigerated trailers for the first time since the pandemic began, Harris said, in Mobile and Baldwin counties this week.

    ... "We have enough people dying ... that there is no room to put these bodies," he added. "We are really in a crisis situation. ... I don't know how much longer we're going to be able to do this."

    ...At least 5,571 Alabama children tested positive for COVID-19 last week ...

    COVID-19 IS HITTING SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS

    In Mississippi, 28,990 students were quarantined between August 16 and 20 after possible exposure to COVID-19 ...

    ... In California, the Los Angeles Unified School District reported 2,847 active COVID-19 cases among students and staff across all as of Friday evening

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/corona...limb-1.5565575

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