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COVID-19 cases surpass 85,000 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 85,711 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 47,984 confirmed (including 4,069 deaths, 14,654 resolved)

Ontario: 25,904 confirmed (including 2,102 deaths, 19,698 resolved)

Alberta: 6,879 confirmed (including 138 deaths, 5,979 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,530 confirmed (including 161 deaths, 2,102 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,051 confirmed (including 58 deaths, 974 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 634 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 546 resolved)

Manitoba: 281 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 268 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 260 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 254 resolved)

New Brunswick: 121 confirmed (including 120 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 27 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Yukon: 11 confirmed (including 11 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 85,711 (11 presumptive, 85,700 confirmed including 6,545 deaths, 44,651 resolved)

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