Pueblo County Coroner's Office uses semi truck as deployable morgue
Other similar units were used in New York City early on during the pandemic. The unit, with capacity for 40 bodies, is near St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center. Randy Evetts, public health director of the Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, said Wednesday that COVID-19-related deaths have increased drastically in Pueblo County. He said from April through October there was an average of one COVID-19 death every five days in Pueblo. In November, the average shot up to 3-4 deaths per day. In December it has climbed to 7-8 deaths per day. “This virus is still something v...