N.L. sets new record with 26 COVID-19 hospitalizations

A total of 26 people in Newfoundland and Labrador are in hospital due to COVID-19 the highest number since the start of the pandemic.

The previousrecord of 25 was set earlier in February, and reached again Thursday.

The Department of Health and Community Services did not specify how many people are in critical care Sunday.

The department's update Sundaysaid the current active caseload sits at 1,690, up from 1,649 the day before.

That number accounts for 196 recoveries and 237 new known cases 123 of them in Eastern Health, 30 in Central Health, 42 in Western Healthand 42 Labrador-Grenfell Health.

With 1,031 tests completed since the last update, Sunday's numbers make for a test positivity rate of 23per cent.

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