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Dozens of Decomposing Bodies Found in Trucks Outside Brooklyn Funeral Home

HeadlineApr 30, 2020

In New York, emergency workers responding to 911 calls about a foul odor outside a Brooklyn funeral home found dozens of decomposing bodies in a pair of unrefrigerated trucks. New York’s daily COVID-19 death toll held steady Wednesday, with 330 deaths reported in 24 hours.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Wednesday he’ll reopen state parks beginning on Saturday and may reopen golf courses. New Jersey reported 329 more people died of COVID-19 in just one day. In Massachusetts, nearly 70 residents of a home for aging military veterans have died of COVID-19 — making it the deadliest outbreak in a U.S. nursing home. The superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, a state-run long-term care center, has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation. An Associated Press tally found over 13,700 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities around the U.S.

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