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The Community of Madrid has closed the morgue set up in the Majadahonda Ice Palace to receive the deceased with coronaviruses. During the 10 days that it has been operational, it has housed 162 bodies of victims of the pandemics .

"Now, due to the lower needs of the region's funeral services, the Government has decided to close it," explained the Executive of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has personally come to officialize the end of her function as "temporary and extraordinary "for the accumulation of coffins.

Yes, the Ice Palace in the capital, which has received 1,145 corpses , and the building of the future Institute of Legal Medicine, in Valdebebas, with 478 , continue to act as morgues. As they specify in Puerta del Sol, in the implementation of these alternative funeral homes, all the protocols related to the treatment of deaths by Covid-19 have been taken into account, "both in terms of health security and those related to identification and dignified and respectful treatment of victims. "

6,568 victims

The death toll with coronavirus in the region now stands at 6,568 people , 145 of them in the last 24 hours. However, the volume of deaths has decreased in recent days.

Once the Ice Palace is closed as a morgue, the building is once again at the disposal of the town council, "which may resume its normal activity when the health authority so determines," they indicate in the Community of Madrid. In addition to its capacity, with an area of ​​1,800 square meters, it was designated as a morgue due to its proximity to the Puerta de Hierro Hospital .

Díaz Ayuso wanted to personally thank his "support and effort" to the mayor of Majadahonda, José Luis Álvarez Ustarroz, to the officials of the General Directorate of Security, to the staff of the Madrid 112 Security and Emergency Agency, under the Ministry of Justice , Interior and Victims, and to the Military Emergency Unit (UME), who have participated in the logistics, organization and collection of the deceased.

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