Perhaps useful to look at Italy -
In Bergamo, a province of 1.2 million people in the Lombardy region, where 1,640 of the total deaths in the country have taken place, 3,993 people had contracted the virus by Tuesday. The death toll across the province is unclear, but CFB, the area’s largest funeral director, has carried out almost 600 burials or cremations since 1 March.“In a normal month we would do about 120,” said Antonio Ricciardi, the president of CFB. “A generation has died in just over two weeks. We’ve never seen anything like this and it just makes you cry.” - The Guardian
While funerals will be down due to social distancing, it's unlikely the number of burials or cremations will drop. Also, Scott Morrison has stated that so far lock downs are unlikely, implying that funerals may still take place.
Under the strict lockdown imposed in this part of Italy on March 8 by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, many Bergamo funerals are being held with only a priest and a funeral-home employee present, with occasional permission for a funeral of no more than 10 mourners, according to The Post. - Business Insider
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