
Employees of the Jay Chapel Funeral Home in Madera, Calif., transport the body of Wanda DeSelle, 76, to a grave site. Family members had to remain in their cars during the burial on April 8. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Workers wearing protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island in the Bronx borough of New York on April 9. (John Minchillo / Associated Press)
A view through a window at the Angelus Funeral Home of the service for Charles Jackson Jr., who died in April. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times)
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Brian Elias of the L.A. County coroner’s office on April 15 stands near 12 refrigerated containers brought in to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 fatalities. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)