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331 cases reported in Canada, Alberta showing consistency in increasing number of COVID-19 cases

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This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/ CDC via AP

There are 108,486 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 56,730 confirmed (including 5,633 deaths, 26,025 resolved)

Ontario: 36,950 confirmed (including 2,723 deaths, 32,785 resolved)

Alberta: 8,912 confirmed (including 163 deaths, 8,048 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,128 confirmed (including 189 deaths, 2,730 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,066 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 1,000 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 876 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 785 resolved)

Manitoba: 319 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 318 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 262 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 258 resolved)

New Brunswick: 167 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 163 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 36 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: 108,486 (8,798 deaths, 72,168 resolved)

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