Spain is starting to use ice rinks as morgues for COVID-19 victims!

The Coronavirus is a global pandemic but some countries have been affected more so than others. Spain is one of the 4 countries that have been hit the hardest by the Coronavirus. Their death toll is roughly over 2,800 as of today, Tuesday March 24th, 2020 and that number is growing hour by hour and day by day. Madrid, the capitol city of Spain has been hit the hardest in the country and has the greatest number of deaths; 1,535 thus far (and growing). To keep up with the number of deaths, the city of Madrid has taken to using one of their main ice rinks in the capitol as a makeshift morgue! It is their Olympic sized ice rink, Palacio de Hielo that has been transformed into said morgue.

This ice rink, "Palacio De Heilo" is very close to a main treatment center, the IFEMA conference center, where they have set up lots of beds to treat COVID-19 patients. This week alone, it's predicted that the center there could treat as many as 1,300 patients. As of today, Tuesday, March 24th, 2020, Spain has just under 40,000 cases.

-Producer Lightning


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