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Canada has 28,379 COVID-19 cases, number of deaths rise past 1,000

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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 28,379 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 14,860 confirmed (including 487 deaths, 2,146 resolved)

Ontario: 8,447 confirmed (including 385 deaths, 3,902 resolved)

Alberta: 1,996 confirmed (including 48 deaths, 914 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,561 confirmed (including 75 deaths, 955 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 549 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 137 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 304 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 205 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 247 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 149 resolved)

Manitoba: 231 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 108 resolved), 15 presumptive

New Brunswick: 117 confirmed (including 77 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 26 confirmed (including 23 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 8 confirmed (including 6 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 2 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 28,379 (1,010 deaths, 8,624 resolved)

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