NEW YORK - Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Councilman Mark Levine are making it clear that temporary burials for coronavirus deaths are not needed right now. 

Levine is chair of the city's health committee.

Late Monday night he tweeted, "I have spoken to many folks in City government, and received unequivocal assurance that there will be *no* burials in NYC Parks. All have stated clearly that if temporary interment should be needed it will be done on Hart Island."

Levine went on to say that if such burials are required, they will be done in a dignified and professional manner.

His original tweet stirred up concern from New Yorkers saying the city may consider burying coronavirus victims in city parks.

The mayor also addressed the burial situation on NY1 Monday night.

"If there was ever going to be a need for a burial, it would be Hart Island, where burials are already done and then there was the question of whether inmates from Rikers Island would be used. The answer is catagorically no. I've said that previously. Those are the facts. There's really no reason for anyone to talk about this issue anymore. It's being adressed but much more importantly, hopefully we never get near any of those eventualitites," De Blasio said.

The mayor stressed that the medical examiner's office has enough capacity to handle all the remains.

With the addition of mobile morgues and temporary freezers, he says there is no current plan to conduct temporary burials.