ST. LOUIS — A temporary St. Louis County morgue that opened in April to help care for bodies of coronavirus victims is shutting down.
County officials announced the closure Monday. St. Louis County has been hit harder than any other area of Missouri in terms of COVID-19 confirmed cases and death.
The temporary morgue known as the “Dignified Transfer Center” opened April 21 inside a refrigerated warehouse and was meant to serve COVID-19 victims from St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin counties.
It was capable of holding up to 1,300 bodies, but just 57 were kept there.
