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The facility first opened in April last year to ease the pressures of the first wave of the pandemic.<\/p>\n
And more than half of those now being kept there died with coronavirus, a Surrey Local Resilience Forum spokesman said.<\/p>\n
The county's hospital mortuaries have the capacity to store 600 bodies but are currently full, while the temporary facility has room for 800.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Surrey Local Resilience Forum said the county would be left in "real difficulty" if the 1,400 capacity is exceeded in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
He said: "To put some perspective on this, during the first wave, they had 700 bodies go through that (temporary) facility.<\/p>\n
"The first wave lasted approximately 12 weeks from mid-March to mid-May.<\/p>\n
"Since December 21, after just two-and-a-half weeks, they have had 300 bodies go through it."<\/p>\n
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It comes as the number of patients with Covid-19 in hospitals reached a record high in England, with NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens declaring the situation "incredibly serious". <\/p>\n
He said last week there were now more hospital inpatients in every region in England than back in April, the peak of the first wave.<\/p>\n
And the number of inpatients are "accelerating very, very rapidly", he warned, adding the pressures on the NHS are "real and growing".<\/p>\n
Key figures within the NHS have said there is a "potential risk" people will be unable to get an ambulance in their time of need, if pressure on the health service continues to increase.<\/p>\n
Many hospitals have been forced to take a dangerous detour from the usual gold standard care already – abandoning one to one care and instead enlisting one nurse to four patients.<\/p>\n
And the culmination of rising cases, dwindling staff numbers and low morale is set to be a perfect storm to completely exhaust the UK's healthcare system.<\/p>\n
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More than 80,000 people have now died from coronavirus in Britain, with cases rising by more than 50,000 every day last week. <\/p>\n
Deaths also continued to rise at a rapid rate, exceeding the figures seen at the peak of the first wave. <\/p>\n
Tighter Covid restrictions are reportedly being considered as a result of the surge, with ministers fearing the public is not adhering to lockdown rules as strictly as they should be.<\/p>\n
A ban on exercising with one person outside of your household and wearing face coverings in offices are among the rules which could be reviewed.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, there are reports even support bubbles could be stopped amid surging cases – while people could be told they can only leave their homes once a week.<\/p>\n
It comes as hundreds more GP-led, hospital vaccination hubs and the first pharmacy-led pilot sites will open from today \u2014 taking the total to around 1,200 in England.<\/p>\n
Vaccine appointment letters will be sent out to everyone aged 80 or over who live up to a 45-minute drive from one of the new centres.<\/p>\n
The sites include the\u00a0ExCel centre in East London, Bristol City\u2019s Ashton Gate stadium and Manchester\u2019s Etihad tennis club.<\/p>\n
It means that by the end of the week, more than half the 3.2million population of over-80s will have received their first jab.<\/p>\n
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