Health unit reports 12th COVID-19 death and 37 new cases There was a COVID-related death and eight people are hospitalized – including two in intensive care – as Southwestern public health reported 37 new cases Thursday morning. Author of the article: Greg Colgan Publishing date: Dec 24, 2020 • December 28, 2020 • 3 minute read • This handout illustration image obtained Feb. 27 courtesy of the National Institutes of Health taken with a scanning electron microscope shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects) emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab, SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV, is the virus that causes COVID-19. HANDOUT / NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH/AF Article content There was a COVID-related death and eight people are hospitalized – including two in intensive care – as Southwestern public health reported 37 new cases Thursday morning.