Teams are retrieving up to 280 bodies a day from NYC homes.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Not all of them are counted in the official death tally.

About 120 death workers and US soldiers work around the clock to pick up as many as 280 bodies a day from New York City homes, according to The New York Times.

While many of these people likely died of the coronavirus, their deaths are probably not counted in the official death toll, The Times' Ali Watkins and William Rashbaum reported on Friday.

New York City and the state count their deaths differently. The state tally is based on hospital data, which includes people who tested positive for the virus and died in the facilities, The Times reported.

In the city, any person who tests positive and later dies at home or in a hospital is counted, Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the commissioner of the city's Department of Health, told The Times.

https://news.yahoo.com/teams-retrieving-280-bodies-day-170100636.html

[TDale313]

1. 😢

[live love laugh]

2. This is why the count is going down. Tragically these

people aren’t counted in the daily tolls.

Boy Trump sure got his revenge on NY didn’t he?

[EarthFirst]

4. Is that right?

Deaths that occurred outside of a medical facility are not counted in the official state totals?

[live love laugh]

5. From what I have read no. Not counted. nt

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. As horrible as this is, imagine the numbers in rural India...

And on the African Continent in the months to come.