The total number of deaths recorded due to DANA and the subsequent floods that affected the province of Valencia stands at 215 deaths. An autopsy has already been carried out on all of these people and all of them are perfectly identified, two weeks after this disaster, on October 29, 2024.
This is reflected in the statistical report with the history accumulated since the start of the episode prepared by the Data Integration Center (CID) and which closed at 8 p.m. this Tuesday, November 12, as indicated in this organization in a press release.
Of the 215 identifications, 167 were made by fingerprint analysis and 45 by DNA, while three cases correspond to a hospital identification during his lifetime.
For their part, the ante mortem offices, authorized by the National Police and the Civil Guard in collaboration with the forensic doctors, currently have 17 active files of disappearance reports, six fewer than those recorded until yesterday, Monday, at 8 p.m.
The two parameters, active disappearances and the total number of deaths, are different, so “they should in no case be added together”. Active ante-mortem missing persons files correspond exclusively to complaints for which relatives have provided various information and provided biological samples to police stations which will allow the subsequent identification of their relatives.
Thus, compared to the previous day’s results, this Tuesday we recorded one new death, an additional autopsy carried out, four new identifications of deceased people and six fewer active disappearance reports. At this time, no bodies are awaiting identification.
On the other hand, the morgue installed in Fira Valencia, to which all bodies from the City of Justice of Valencia are returned once the autopsy has been carried out, delivered the remains of 185 of them to their families up to 20 hours that day. On Tuesday, the deceased were identified, which is 18 more deliveries than those made until yesterday, Monday at the same time.
