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As Texas morgues fill up, refrigerator trucks on the way in several counties

from ABC-13

As Texas morgues fill up, refrigerator trucks on the way in several counties ABC-13 As Texas continues a weeks-long streak of setting grim coronavirus records, the most somber one was reached July 10: The virus has killed 3,013 people, according to the Department of State Health Services. Among the recent deaths were a Northeast Baptist Hospital patient in San Antonio who was in his 30s, a Grand Prairie man in his 40s, a Garland woman in her 60s who had no underlying conditions, a 73-year-old man who was about to go home from a prison rehabilitation program and a baby boy in Corpus Christi who wasn't 6 months old yet. Their deaths come as counties prepare for a surge in fatalities, some by requesting trailers to expand their hospital and county morgue capacities. READ MORE

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