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FILE PHOTO: Health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), handle the coffin with the body of Prof. Charles Kariuki who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a crematorium in Nairobi, Kenya July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo Durban crematorium extends working hours as bodies pile up By Viasen Soobramoney Share CAPE TOWN - A Durban crematorium has had to extend their hours of operation due to an unprecedented increase in cremations resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Clare Estate Umgeni Hindu Crematorium usually conducted an average of eight cremations a day pre Covid-19. That number has increased to 27 cremations per day - over half of which are Covid-19 related deaths. ....