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COVID-19 cases rise past 38,000 in Canada

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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 38,422 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 20,126 confirmed (including 1,041 deaths, 4,048 resolved)

Ontario: 11,735 confirmed (including 622 deaths, 5,806 resolved)

Alberta: 3,095 confirmed (including 61 deaths, 1,273 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,724 confirmed (including 87 deaths, 1,041 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 737 confirmed (including 10 deaths, 286 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 320 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 252 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 257 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 194 resolved)

Manitoba: 246 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 150 resolved), 9 presumptive

New Brunswick: 118 confirmed (including 92 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 26 confirmed (including 23 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 11 confirmed (including 8 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 38,422 (9 presumptive, 38,413 confirmed including 1,834 deaths, 13,178 resolved)

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