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May 22, 2020 2:32 AM -

1,182 COVID-19 cases and 121 deaths reported in Canada today

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FILE - In this illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area who became ill after returning from a trip to China has become the ninth person in the U.S. to test positive for a new virus, health authorities said Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. (CDC via AP, File)

There are 81,324 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 45,495 confirmed (including 3,800 deaths, 13,327 resolved)

Ontario: 24,187 confirmed (including 1,993 deaths, 18,509 resolved)

Alberta: 6,768 confirmed (including 132 deaths, 5,710 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,479 confirmed (including 152 deaths, 2,020 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,046 confirmed (including 58 deaths, 959 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 622 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 509 resolved)

Manitoba: 279 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 265 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 260 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 253 resolved)

New Brunswick: 121 confirmed (including 120 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 27 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Yukon: 11 confirmed (including 11 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 81,324 (11 presumptive, 81,313 confirmed including 6,152 deaths, 41,728 resolved)

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