{"id":45396,"date":"2020-11-22T19:25:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/11\/22\/texas-national-guard-to-help-el-paso-morgues-with-virus-dead\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:44:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:44:33","slug":"texas-national-guard-to-help-el-paso-morgues-with-virus-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/coronavirus\/2020\/11\/22\/texas-national-guard-to-help-el-paso-morgues-with-virus-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas National Guard to help El Paso morgues with virus dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EL PASO, Texas \u2014 The Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/02\/the-national-guard-will-be-responding-to-covid-19-for-the-foreseeable-future\/\" target=_blank>National Guard<\/a> has sent a 36-member team to El Paso to assist morgues in the border region with the number of dead as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/02\/the-national-guard-will-be-responding-to-covid-19-for-the-foreseeable-future\/\" target=_blank>a result of COVID-19<\/a>, the illness caused by the coronavirus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Statewide, the Texas health department on Saturday reported a one-day high of 12,597 new virus cases, nearly 20,500 dead and more than 8,200 virus hospitalizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/08\/04\/national-guard-coronavirus-missions-extended-until-2021\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49813829583_aadc488749_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">National Guard coronavirus missions extended until 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The White House authorized the missions to continue until Dec. 31 after governors asked for more help.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Texas military will provide us with the critical personnel to carry out our fatality management plan and we are very grateful to them for their ongoing support,\u201d El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said in late Friday when the deployment was announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pandemic is blamed for more 300 deaths in El Paso County since October, 853 total since the pandemic began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jail inmates are being paid to move bodies and county leaders are offering $27 an hour for morgue workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2020\/10\/26\/montana-national-guard-to-help-with-covid-19-outbreak-at-state-prison\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/army_guard_logo.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Montana National Guard to help with COVID-19 outbreak at state prison<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The 67 volunteer soldiers will be assisting officers at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge with duties such as distributing mail and meals.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, in a letter to Gov. 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