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New Morgue for Coronavirus Victims Opens in Madrid as Spain's Death Toll Surpasses 6,000 - Video

© REUTERS / SUSANA VERAA funeral worker wearing a protective suit carries a coffin out of the morgue at Severo Ochoa Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leganes, Spain, March 26, 2020
A funeral worker wearing a protective suit carries a coffin out of the morgue at Severo Ochoa Hospital, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Leganes, Spain, March 26, 2020 - Sputnik International
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Some 6,803 people have succumbed to the COVID-19 disease in Spain where the virus has infected 80,100 people, making Spain the fourth worst coronavirus-hit nation in the world.

A new morgue is set to open in the Spanish capital Madrid for COVID-19 victims amid the rising number of deaths over the past week.

The new mortuary is set up as an extension of a temporary facility inside the Ice Palace skating rink that was turned into a makeshift morgue amid the raging infection.

The number of COVID-19 cases in Spain currently stands at 80,110, with 6,803 deaths and 14,709 recoveries.

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