Dozens of coffins were taken to a public cemetery in Manaus, northwest Brazil. Earlier this week, authorities decided to use mass graves to bury COVID-19 victims.

An excavator dug the giant grave at Nossa Senhora de Aparecida Cemetery, where the coffins were buried, while relatives and friends paid their last respects to their loved ones. According to local authorities, since the pandemic, the number of burials has more than tripled, going from an average of 30 to 100 a day.

Almost 80 percent of the COVID-19 cases in the state were concentrated in the capital. The country has reported more than 43,000 confirmed cases and over 2,700 deaths.