Boston Globe prints 21 pages of death notices in one day amid coronavirus

The Boston Globe on Sunday printed 21 pages of death notices amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

On the same day last year, the Globe ran seven pages of death notices, the newspaper reported, citing an archive of its publications.

The number of pages for death notices this week was up from 16 pages the week before. 

Death notices were submitted to the Globe for a fee from families and funeral homes across Massachusetts, as well as from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, California, Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, according to the newspaper.

Overseas deaths in Australia, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom were also noted this week, according to the Globe. 

At least some of the notices mentioned COVID-19, according to the Globe. 

Massachusetts reported a total of 2,899 COVID-19 related deaths in the state as of Sunday. 

Across the U.S., 54,931 deaths have been reported, and globally 207,518 deaths have been reported, based on data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.