Police found the bodies of 17 suspected coronavirus victims piled inside a makeshift morgue at a nursing home. The horrific discovery was made in the town of Andover in New Jersey, US, after officers received an anonymous tip-off.
They arrived at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center, one of the state's largest homes, after being told that a body was being stored in a shed.
Upon investigation, they found found the corpses inside a makeshift morgue intended for four people at most, the New York Times reports.
The home is understood to have suffered 68 deaths in recent weeks as the US becomes the global epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic. Follow the latest coronavirus updates here Of those who have died, two are understood to be
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