Rural China is running out of coffins because COVID-19 is rampant — and the cost of funerals is skyrocketing

• Rural areas in China are running out of coffins amid a COVID-19 outbreak, the BBC reported.
• There's no official COVID-19 death count or estimate in some rural areas in China.
• One villager told BBC that funeral industry workers were "earning a small fortune."

Rural areas of China are running out of coffins and experiencing skyrocketing funeral costs because of a rapid increase in COVID-19-related deaths, BBC News reported.