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Big rise of cases in Alberta over the weekend, constant rise of COVID-19 cases in Canada

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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 114,597 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 58,728 confirmed (including 5,667 deaths, 50,886 resolved)

Ontario: 38,799 confirmed (including 2,764 deaths, 34,461 resolved)

Alberta: 10,390 confirmed (including 186 deaths, 8,774 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,500 confirmed (including 193 deaths, 3,043 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,209 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 886 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,067 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 1,004 resolved)

Manitoba: 386 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 319 resolved), 14 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 266 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 259 resolved)

New Brunswick: 170 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 165 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 36 confirmed (including 34 resolved)

Yukon: 14 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 114,597 (8,901 deaths, 99,862 resolved)

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