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May 2, 2020 1:25 AM -

COVID-19: Positive cases in Canada surpass 55,000, number of cases resolved rise over 22,000

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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 55,061 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 28,648 confirmed (including 2,022 deaths, 6,700 resolved)

Ontario: 16,608 confirmed (including 1,121 deaths, 10,825 resolved)

Alberta: 5,573 confirmed (including 92 deaths, 2,359 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,145 confirmed (including 112 deaths, 1,357 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 959 confirmed (including 29 deaths, 592 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 415 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 297 resolved)

Manitoba: 268 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 235 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 259 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 230 resolved)

New Brunswick: 118 confirmed (including 116 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 24 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Yukon: 11 confirmed (including 11 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: 1 confirmed

Total: 55,061 (11 presumptive, 55,050 confirmed including 3,391 deaths, 22,764 resolved)

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