N.L. reports 26th COVID-related death, hospitalizations rise to 12
Province has recorded 5 deaths in past week alone
Another person has died from COVID-19 and three more people have been hospitalized since Saturday, according to the latest update from Newfoundland and Labrador's Department of Health and Community Services.
In a tweet Sunday, the department said a woman over the age of 70 in the Eastern Health region had died.
The death is the fifth in just the last week, and the 26th COVID-19-related death since the pandemic began.
A total of 12 people in the province are hospitalized with COVID-19, the most since Oct.12. The department's update Sunday did not disclose how many people are in intensive care.
Of the 384 new cases of COVID-19 reported Sunday,272 were in theEastern Health region,54 were in Central Health,43 were in Western Health and five were inLabrador-Grenfell Health. An additional 10people tested positive at private clinics.
Sunday's update raises the total number of COVID-19 cases in the province to5,503 active cases.
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