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The number of burials and cremations in the cemeteries of Belgrade in the first week of December is almost twice the average for this period of the year, and on Friday, December 4, up to 73 people were buried or cremated in cemeteries under the jurisdiction of JKP “Pogrebno preduzeće”, the most in the last ten years. .
According to the data available to JKP “Pogrebne usluge”, the highest number of funerals performed in one day in the last decade was 70 and was recorded on January 19, 2017. That month will be remembered for the fact that funerals are they performed on Sundays and holidays, which is a very rare practice and occurs only in cases of extremely high mortality.
Black December in Belgrade
Sadly, the coronavirus epidemic contributed to a repeat of this case this fall, and the fact that 58 funerals and cremations took place in the ten largest cemeteries in Belgrade on Sunday, December 6, shows how dire the situation is. That figure does not include recent funerals. in some two hundred smaller capital cemeteries run by local governments, so there is no doubt that the black statistics are even more black.
As we were told in JKP “Pogrebne usluge”, the number of funerals and cremations in December 2019 was 1,068, and judging by the first week of the last month of the year, that number could be reached around December 15th.
A maximum of five people in the chapels.
The care and burial of the deceased in cemeteries under the jurisdiction of JKP “Pogrebne usluge” since the beginning of the coronavirus epidemic is carried out in accordance with the protocols and recommendations issued by the competent health institutions.
This includes the use of all protective equipment, from masks, gloves, special disposable suits, to the use of effective disinfectants, while a maximum of five people, including priests, are allowed in the chapels at the same time.
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