In Minneapolis, Minn., the Star Tribune is stating that the obituary section of their newspaper saw a 40 percent increase in pages dedicated to obituaries in November, which were mostly coronavirus related deaths in the area.
A spokesperson for the Star Tribune told The Associated Press that they had 11 pages of obituaries, which is about double the usual number of pages in a Sunday paper once November came to an end.
Since the start of the pandemic, Hennepin County, the city’s location, has documented 1,130 COVID-19-related fatalities and 68,898 cases. Furthermore, the United States saw 37,000 COVID-19-related deaths last month, in what many say is the second wave of the virus.
With Thanksgiving taking place last week, medical officials such as Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said that hospitals are bracing for the cases that result from Thanksgiving travel and gatherings.
“Hospitals all around the country are worried on a day-to-day basis about their capacity, and we’re not really even into winter season, and we haven’t seen the impact of Thanksgiving travel and Thanksgiving gatherings,” Adalja said.
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
