Magnitude of the Crisis
The following media reports highlight the loss of human life and morbidities suffered by those few who are fortunate enough to survive many weeks on ventilator support:
So many more deaths than we could have ever imagined.'
This is how America's largest city deals with its dead
Updated 8:40 PM ET, Sun May 3, 2020
The corononavirus death toll has overwhelmed health care workers, morgues, funeral homes, crematories and cemeteries. Body bags pile up across the city that became epicenter of the pandemic. Though the city doubled to about 2,000 its capacity to store bodies, funeral homes are still turning down cremations because they can't hold onto the bodies.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/03/us/coronavirus-funerals-bodies/index.html
Oregon's 1st coronavirus patient released from hospital after months
After more than two months in the hospital, the first Oregon resident to test positive for coronavirus was released to cheers and a mariachi parade. Calderon has been taken to a nursing facility to finish up his recovery and to get physical therapy.