州葬礼主任协会负责人说，随着美国接近350,000 COVID-19死亡人数的严峻考验，房被淹没。根据约翰·霍普金斯大学（Johns Hopkins University）汇编的数据，该国超过2000万人受到感染。
“我从事the葬业已有40年了，我一生中从未想到过这种情况会发生，我必须告诉家人，'不，我们不能带你的家人去，'”洛杉矶大陆Fun仪馆的所有者Magda Maldonado。
美国大陆航空平均每天要清除30次尸体，是正常速度的六倍。停尸房所有人互相呼唤，看看是否有人可以处理溢出，答案始终是相同的：他们也很饱。
为了跟上尸体泛滥的步伐，马尔多纳多（Maldonado）为她在洛杉矶及其周边县所经营的四个设施中的两个租赁了额外的50英尺（15米）冰箱。美国大陆航空在与住院病人打交道时，也一直在医院提货一两天。
加州葬礼董事协会执行董事鲍勃·阿彻曼（Bob Achermann）说，埋葬和火化尸体的整个过程已经放缓，包括对尸体进行防腐处理和获得死亡证明。正常情况下，一两天内可能会发生火化。现在至少需要一周或更长时间。
阿彻曼说，在该州的南部，“我与之交谈的每个fun仪馆都说，'我们要尽可能快地划船。'”
他说：“销量真是令人难以置信，他们担心自己无法跟上潮流。” “而且最严重的浪潮仍可能摆在我们面前。”
洛杉矶是加利福尼亚危机的中心，仅COVID-19死亡人数就超过10,000。该地区的医院不堪重负，并且在跟上氧气等基本知识方面的努力，因为它们治疗了史无前例的呼吸系统疾病患者。周六，美国陆军工程兵团的工作人员抵达，更新了一些医院的氧气输送系统。
根据约翰·霍普金斯（Johns Hopkins）的数据，在过去7天内，全国平均有2500多人死于COVID-19。在此期间，平均每天新报告病例数接近195,000，较两周前有所下降。
担心假期聚会可能会进一步增加案件数量。
阿肯色州官员周五报道了超过4,300例新的COVID-19病例记录。州长阿萨·哈钦森（Asa Hutchinson）发推文说，该州“在圣诞节旅行和聚会后肯定处于激增状态”，并补充说：“在进入新的一年时，我们的第一个决议应该是遵循准则。”
北卡罗莱纳州官员还报告了创纪录的9,527例确诊病例。这比之前的每日高点高出1,000多个案例。
在路易斯安那州，葬礼正在举行星期六国会议员当选人谁死COVID-19并发症。共和党人卢克·勒特洛（Luke Letlow）周二去世，享年41岁。他的宣誓仪式原定于周日举行。他留下妻子朱莉娅·莱特洛（Julia Letlow）和两个孩子，分别是1岁和3岁。
在德克萨斯州，州官员说他们只有580张重症监护病床，因为工作人员治疗了12480名住院的冠状病毒患者，这一数字自9月以来一直稳定增长，并在上周创下历史新高。
在亚利桑那州的Window Rock，纳瓦霍族一直处于周末封锁之中，试图降低感染率。星期五晚些时候部落报告又有7人死亡，自大流行开始以来其总数已达23,429例，死亡813人。预订包括亚利桑那州，新墨西哥州和犹他州的部分地区。
由于许多人未经检查，因此感染的数量据认为远远高于报告的数字，而且研究表明人们可以感染这种病毒而不会感到不适。
亚利桑那州在星期六和星期五报道了18,943例新病例，这是该州在任何两天内的记录。星期六还报告了46人死亡。
The head of the state funeral directors association says mortuaries are being inundated as the United States nears a grim tally of 350,000 COVID-19 deaths. More than 20 million people in the country have been infected, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
“I’ve been in the funeral industry for 40 years and never in my life did I think that this could happen, that I’d have to tell a family, ‘No, we can’t take your family member,’” said Magda Maldonado, owner of Continental Funeral Home in Los Angeles.
Continental is averaging about 30 body removals a day — six times its normal rate. Mortuary owners are calling one another to see whether anyone can handle overflow, and the answer is always the same: They’re full, too.
In order to keep up with the flood of bodies, Maldonado has rented extra 50-foot (15-meter) refrigerators for two of the four facilities she runs in LA and surrounding counties. Continental has also been delaying pickups at hospitals for a day or two while they deal with residential clients.
Bob Achermann, executive director of the California Funeral Directors Association, said that the whole process of burying and cremating bodies has slowed down, including embalming bodies and obtaining death certificates. During normal times, cremation might happen within a day or two; now it takes at least a week or longer.
Achermann said that in the southern part of the state, “every funeral home I talk to says, ‘We’re paddling as fast as we can.’"
“The volume is just incredible and they fear that they won’t be able to keep up,” he said. “And the worst of the surge could still be ahead of us.”
Los Angeles County, the epicenter of the crisis in California, has surpassed 10,000 COVID-19 deaths alone. Hospitals in the area are overwhelmed, and are struggling to keep up with basics such as oxygen as they treat an unprecedented number of patients with respiratory issues. On Saturday, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crews arrived to update some hospital's oxygen delivery systems.
Nationally, an average of just over 2,500 people have died of COVID-19 over the past seven days, according to Johns Hopkins data. The number of daily newly reported cases in that period has averaged close to 195,000, a decline from two weeks earlier.
It's feared that holiday gatherings could fuel yet another rise in cases.
Arkansas officials reported a record of more than 4,300 new COVID-19 cases Friday. Gov. Asa Hutchinson tweeted that the state is “certainly in the surge after Christmas travel and gatherings” and added, “As we enter this new year, our first resolution should be to follow guidelines.”
North Carolina officials also reported a record 9,527 confirmed cases New Year’s Day. That’s more than 1,000 cases above the previous daily high.
In Louisiana, a funeral was being held Saturday for a congressman-elect who died of COVID-19 complications. Republican Luke Letlow died Tuesday at age 41. His swearing-in had been scheduled Sunday. He leaves behind his wife, Julia Letlow, and two children, ages 1 and 3.
In Texas, state officials say they have only 580 intensive care beds available as staff treat more than 12,480 hospitalized coronavirus patients, a number that has risen steadily since September and has set record highs this past week.
In Window Rock, Arizona, the Navajo Nation remained in the midst of a weekend lockdown to try to slow the rate of infection. The tribe late Friday reported another seven deaths, bringing its totals since the pandemic began to 23,429 cases and 813 deaths. The reservation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The number of infections is thought to be far higher than reported because many people have not been tested, and studies suggest people can be infected with the virus without feeling sick.
Arizona on Saturday reported 18,943 new cases Friday and Saturday, a record for the state in any two-day period. It also reported 46 new deaths Saturday.
