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232 COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths reported in Canada

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Specimens to be tested for COVID-19 are seen at LifeLabs after being logged upon receipt at the company's lab, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The doctor overseeing Canada's COVID-19 antibody research says we should get the first glimpse of how many Canadians may already have had COVID-19 by the middle of this month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

There are 106,167 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 55,997 confirmed (including 5,590 deaths, 25,458 resolved)

Ontario: 36,060 confirmed (including 2,691 deaths, 31,603 resolved)

Alberta: 8,436 confirmed (including 157 deaths, 7,659 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,990 confirmed (including 183 deaths, 2,645 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,065 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 998 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 806 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 737 resolved)

Manitoba: 314 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 307 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 258 resolved)

New Brunswick: 165 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 162 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 32 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, 1 presumptive

Total: 106,167 (8,711 deaths, 69,883 resolved).

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