HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas Texas set a one-day record for deaths and hospitalizations Wednesday afternoon, and one Texas county is enforcing a stay-home order after bodies are being stored in refrigerated trucks, Reuters reported.
The state saw 197 deaths and 10,893 hospitalizations Wednesday, becoming one of the hardest states hit by COVID-19.
Hidalgo County, located in south Texas, has seen a sharp rise in cases in the last week, according to Reuters.
He told Reuters that crematoriums have a wait list of two weeks, and with five refrigerated trucks in the county, they have a capacity of 50 bodies each.
Texas, along with California and Florida remain the top three states where coronavirus cases are rising, Reuters reported.