New York City's emergency 'surge plan' for a severe pandemic calls for Rikers Island inmates to dig mass graves to bury up to 51,000 bodies as coronavirus cases increase
New York State is reporting more than 140 confirmed coronavirus cases
Meanwhile, New York City has in place contingency plans for a pandemic
Response plan was drawn up by chief medical examiner in October 2008 It includes scenarios of a pandemic where mortality rate exceeds 2 per cent
In such a case, the city expects a death count exceeding 51,000
City would deploy teams of medical students, morticians to remove cadavers
Inmates at Rikers would be sent to Hart Island in the Bronx to dig up mass graves
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