The Essential People: Burying the dead
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COVID-19  is claiming the lives of hundreds of people a day in New York.   

It is the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, where there is now enormous pressure on the city's funeral homes.  

Patrick J. Kearns, President of Leo F. Kearns Funeral Homes, shares how the pandemic has changed how they work.

He says, the un-ending number of people dying and in need of funeral services has made work more difficult and the pandemic harder to process.