OFFICIALS have now completed autopsies on 42 Hurricane Dorian victims, allowing some families to begin the process toward closure, Health Minister Dr Duane Sands said yesterday. While there are efforts to complete this aspect of handling Dorian victims, the official death toll remained at 51 yesterday, with Commissioner of Police Anthony Ferguson confirming there had been no additional recovery.

According to Dr Sands, 39 autopsies have been done in Abaco and three were completed in New Providence. The latter three died in Nassau after being transferred from Abaco for medical help. The health minister was unable to speak to completed autopsies in Grand Bahama, telling The Tribune he had yet to receive those numbers.

This is the latest development since Tuesday, when Dr Sands revealed that 25 autopsies were done. "As far as identifications go, I don't know how many people have been able to identify loved ones, but some of the remains have for sure been identified and some persons would have had remains turned over to an undertaker for burial," he told The Tribune yesterday.

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