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COVID-19: 12,547 cases in Canada, number of deaths rise to 187

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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 12,547 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 6,101 confirmed (including 61 deaths, 306 resolved)

Ontario: 3,255 confirmed (including 67 deaths, 1,023 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,174 confirmed (including 35 deaths, 641 resolved)

Alberta: 1,075 confirmed (including 18 deaths, 196 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 220 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 36 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 207 confirmed (including 21 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 195 confirmed (including 1 death, 11 resolved)

Manitoba: 164 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 11 resolved), 18 presumptive

New Brunswick: 95 confirmed (including 22 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 22 confirmed (including 4 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 6 confirmed

Northwest Territories: 2 confirmed

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 12,547 (187 deaths, 2,271 resolved)

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