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Pima, Maricopa counties lift restrictions of crematoriums, Medical Examinerâs office holds overflow remains
COVID-19 deaths continue to rise
Pima, Maricopa counties lifted restrictions of crematoriums, Medical Examinerâs office holds overflow remains By Megan McNeil | January 19, 2021 at 5:36 PM MST - Updated January 19 at 5:37 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) -COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 11,000 Arizonans, many just in the last two months. This is creating a heavy back log in the funeral home and cremations industries, but also at the Medical Examinerâs office.
The Pima County Medical Examinerâs office started was used as extra storage space for remains back in the summer of 2020. Normally, the medical examinerâs office would not be used to hold overflow from hospitals. In six months, the office said they housed about 50 extra remains that hospitals or funeral homes could not hold due to storage capacity limits. Over the holidays, that