Due to the overwhelming numbers, Mayor de Blasio says that the city may temporarily bury coronavirus victims. NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, without getting into details, admitted Monday that the city is considering temporarily burying coronavirus victims to relieve some of the pressure on the system due to large numbers of deaths.
As of Monday morning, New York City had more than 2,400 coronavirus deaths reported. "If we need to do temporary burials to tide us over to pass the crisis and then work with each family on their appropriate arrangements, we have the ability to do that," de Blasio said at a news conference at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.