In the U.S. state of South Carolina six people were infected with coronavirus infection of the new type and died after I went to the funeral. This publication reports the New York Post.
According to the newspaper, all six of the victims were African American older than 60 years, that is part of a group at high risk for coronavirus. They all, presumably, have been infected by one person who also came to the funeral, which took place in early March.
“unfortunately, the funeral many people came. One of them was sick coronavirus infection and spread it, probably not knowing about his illness,” said the coroner Sumter County, where the dead lived.
The state government on March 16 ordered the companies providing funeral services to conduct funeral online, to avoid crowds.
On the territory of South Carolina recorded about four thousand cases of infection with coronavirus infection has killed more than 100 patients. About 90 percent of the dead were older than 61. Among the victims were 56 percent of African Americans, while blacks make up 27 percent of the state’s population.
Earlier it was reported that the English Atherstone, Warwickshire County, the daughter died at the funeral who died of coronavirus mother. During the funeral service a grieving British women had a heart attack, revive it and failed.
