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323 COVID-19 cases reported in Canada

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People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing facility in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, August 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

There are 125,969 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 61,803 confirmed (including 5,746 deaths, 54,850 resolved)

Ontario: 41,607 confirmed (including 2,800 deaths, 37,748 resolved)

Alberta: 13,083 confirmed (including 235 deaths, 11,714 resolved)

British Columbia: 5,242 confirmed (including 203 deaths, 4,114 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,601 confirmed (including 23 deaths, 1,490 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,080 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,011 resolved)

Manitoba: 1,018 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 606 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved)

New Brunswick: 190 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 178 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 44 confirmed (including 41 resolved)

Yukon: 15 confirmed (including 15 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 125,969 (9,090 deaths, 112,050 resolved)

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