GRIM TOLL
US sees new Covid hospitalizations record for 4th day as National Guard removes bodies from overflowing hospital morgues
Updated: 1 Jan 2021, 14:57
AMERICA has seen a record in coronavirus hospitalizations for the fourth day in a row with 125,400 patients currently receiving treatment.
The grim tally comes as the National Guard was called in to remove bodies from overflowing hospital morgues in Los Angeles as California battles a huge spike in cases.
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Medical workers treat a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of LACredit: AP:Associated Press
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The crisis has grown so bad in LA that the National Guard has been called in to move corpses into storage (File photo)Credit: AP:Associated Press
Covid 19 coronavirus: Los Angeles calls in National Guard to remove bodies of virus victims
1 Jan, 2021 05:16 AM
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Medical workers prepare to manually move a Covid-19 patient into prone position in an intensive care unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Centre in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Photo / AP
Medical workers prepare to manually move a Covid-19 patient into prone position in an intensive care unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Centre in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. Photo / AP
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By: Alexis Carey
America s coronavirus crisis has reached a new low, with its second-biggest city so overrun with cases that patients are dying in hospital hallways, with morgues now overflowing.
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