Drone footage shows inmates in hazmat suits digging graves on NYC's Hart Island suggesting that coronavirus victims could already be being temporarily buried there, as morgues across the city continue to overflow and the death toll ticks up. Drone footage taken on Thursday - which is the day bodies are buried there every week - by The Hart Island Project shows inmates in hazmat suits digging graves on the island, possibly for victims of the virus which has claimed more than 3,400 lives across New York City and sickened more than 72,000. Ordinarily prisoners are seen digging in their prison uniforms. Mayor Bill de Blasio did not confirm whether burials for coronavirus victims had been or would take place there but told reporters Monday: 'We may well be dealing with temporary burials so we can then deal with each family later.

#Coronavirus in the USA. The US has hit a new record for the highest number of coronavirus deaths reported in a single day, hitting 12,908 deaths by Tuesday evening following a spike of 1,890 fatalities in 24 hours. The previous record for most new US COVID-19 deaths in a single day was on April 4 with a spike of 1,344 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Across the country there are over 398,813 cases of the virus reported as of Tuesday evening. In the US there's a reported fatality rate of 3.2 percent from the virus. More than 22,000 people have recovered from the respiratory illness.

A retired #NYPD sergeant was found dead on the street of coronavirus in front of the Upper East Side hospital where he was diagnosed with the deadly bug just an hour prior. Yon Chang, 56, was diagnosed with COVID-19 at the Lenox Hill Hospital early Tuesday. He was reportedly 'frustrated' with the care he received at the hospital and left but he collapsed on the very same block near Park Avenue and E. 77th Street shortly after around 6.05am and died at the scene, according to the New York Daily News. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of his death.