Los Angeles buries nearly 2,000 unclaimed corona deaths | Abroad

The cremated remains were placed in a communal grave in a ceremony attended by religious and political leaders, among others.

This included 1,937 residents who died in 2020 and whose bodies were never claimed by relatives.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, the County of Los Angeles has been one of the hardest-hit areas in the United States, with around 3.7 million infections and more than 35,000 deaths in three years through March 2023, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University.

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