AdvertisementMortuary and funeral home operators say they are having to turn away bereaved families because they don’t have the capacity to handle more bodies. Turning away families from mortuariesJennifer Bagues, the general manager of Felipe Bagues Mortuary in Boyle Heights, started turning away families this week. “Our morgue has been full all the time.”Based off of previous patterns, the spike in COVID-19 deaths related to Thanksgiving may last through early to mid-January. The pace has settled somewhat since then; for the seven-day period ending on Wednesday, a net additional 129 new COVID-19 patients were added to hospitals daily. In Los Angeles County, officials say one person is dying every 10 minutes.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2021 12:56 UTC