LA funeral homes cannot cope with the number of deaths from COVID – 19. Photo: Jan Hetfleisch / Getty Images
It is no longer only the morgues of Los Angeles hospitals that are full of deaths from coronavirus, now funeral homes have also ensured that they are at maximum capacity and have waiting lists to perform mortuary services.
In just one week, Los Angeles County added more than 1, 000 cases of coronavirus and last Tuesday set a new record for daily deaths reaching 224 people , and the authorities expect this to worsen when the cases arising from the Christmas and New Year holidays begin to manifest themselves .
According to information revealed by Univisión , Magda Maldonado, a woman who owns of several funeral homes, he assured that there are many people not c ree in the crisis and what is happening in the city. ” It is serious that there is no space to receive more bodies ,” Maldano assured the aforementioned media.
The woman assured that daily she receives hundreds of calls with multiple deaths within of the same family and that many funeral homes, including his, have created waiting lists to meet the demand.
The authorities of the Department of Public Health of Los Angeles, led by Dr. Bárbara Ferrer, have ensured that this is the darkest stage of the virus as it passes through southern California and has reiterated the call to the community to stay home as long as possible to stop the spread of the virus.
As of this noon, Los Angeles County has lost their lives 11, 545 people because of coronav irus.
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