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State ready to help Valley counties in case of COVID-19 death surge
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The trucks could take on bodies from overwhelmed hospitals or funeral homes during a surge.
Thankfully, they haven t been used yet. We have them ready to go, Tulare County Sheriff s Lt. Kevin Kemmerling said. We make sure that they re up and running on a bi-weekly basis.
Lt. Kemmerling says they can store at least 100 bodies in the trailers for an extended period of time.
Tulare County has seen nearly 100 new COVID-19 deaths since mid-November, a quarter of the county s total deaths since the start of the pandemic.