COVID-19: Overloaded, uninterrupted pyres force Delhi civic bodies to employ more cremationists in most crematoriums ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 13:19 IST By Joymala Bagchi New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): Amid rising COVID-19 cases and deaths in the national capital, all 26 crematoriums of Delhi are inundated with bodies and following the workload, most crematoriums have increased numbers of cremationists or helping hands to four, revising the existing capacity to at least thrice. The multiplication of workers in the crematoriums in Delhi has been done to keep pace with the sudden surge in funeral pyres caused due to inconceivable gush in the COVID-19 outbreak.