Detroit/ Community & Society
Published on April 13, 2020
Top Detroit news: Postal worker dies of coronavirus; hospital runs out of body bags; morePhoto: Dave Hogg/Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Detroit.

Detroit postal worker dies of coronavirus

A second postal worker has died of COVID-19. Anthony Smith of Detroit became the first mail handler and second USPS worker known to have died of the virus. 

Read the full story on Daily Kos.

Detroit hospital runs out of body bags

Patients are dying in hallways and bodies are being stored in the sleep lab, because all the morgues and refrigerated storage areas at Detroit Medical Center's Sinai-Grace are full.

Read the full story on The Daily Beast.

Man reported shot while walking on Chalmers Street

According to police, the 50-year-old man was walking in the 9000 block of Chalmers Street around midnight when he heard shots and felt pain.

Read the full story on Graham Media: ClickOnDetroit.


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