NYC nursing home forced to use refrigerator truck for coronavirus victims’ bodies as toll neared 100

A nursing home in New York City says it has been faced with so many coronavirus deaths it was forced to store bodies in a refrigerator truck as overwhelmed funeral homes take days to pick up victims. The 705-bed Isabella Geriatric Center in Manhattan has reported 98 resident deaths believed to be linked to COVID-19, The Associated Press reported Friday. The number was described by Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) as “absolutely horrifying” and “…