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Canada: 48,500 COVID-19 cases and 2,707 deaths

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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 48,500 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 24,982 confirmed (including 1,599 deaths, 5,517 resolved)

Ontario: 14,856 confirmed (including 892 deaths, 8,525 resolved)

Alberta: 4,696 confirmed (including 75 deaths, 1,664 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,998 confirmed (including 103 deaths, 1,137 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 900 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 509 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 365 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 288 resolved)

Manitoba: 261 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 205 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 258 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 219 resolved)

New Brunswick: 118 confirmed (including 111 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 26 confirmed (including 24 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Yukon: 11 confirmed (including 8 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 48,500 (11 presumptive, 48,489 confirmed including 2,707 deaths, 18,225 resolved)

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