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    El Paso, Texas, Gets 4th Mobile Morgue As COVID-19 Deaths Rise

    A spike in cases recently led El Paso's county judge to impose a shelter-in-place order closing many nonessential businesses. The Texas attorney general has sued to block that order.
    by Brakkton Booker Nov 02, 2020 2 minutes
    Cars wait in line at a coronavirus testing site at the University of Texas at El Paso Saturday. As El Paso reports record numbers of active coronavirus cases, the Texas attorney general sued to block local shutdown orders.

    With new coronavirus infections surging and area hospitals already at capacity, medical examiners in El Paso, Texas, have received a fourth refrigerated morgue to temporarily store bodies, a county official says.

    It is a stark reality for a city where coronavirus patients have been succumbing to COVID-19 at a rate faster than medical personnel can.

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