Bodies stored at temporary site in Surrey as local hospital mortuaries reach capacity

Bodies are being stored at a temporary facility in Surrey after hospital mortuaries reached capacity (Victoria Jones/PA)

Bodies are being stored at a temporary facility in Surrey, England after the county’s hospital mortuaries reached capacity amid rising Covid-19 case rates.

Some 170 bodies are being kept in the temporary mortuary at Headley Court in Leatherhead, which first opened in April to alleviate pressure during the first wave of the pandemic.