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Apr 10, 2020 12:51 AM -

COVID-19: Total number of cases go past 20,000, number of deaths rise past 500 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 20,765 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 10,912 confirmed (including 216 deaths, 1,112 resolved)

Ontario: 5,759 confirmed (including 200 deaths, 2,305 resolved)

Alberta: 1,451 confirmed (including 32 deaths, 592 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,370 confirmed (including 50 deaths, 858 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 373 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 82 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 278 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 88 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 236 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 96 resolved)

Manitoba: 207 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 69 resolved), 17 presumptive

New Brunswick: 111 confirmed (including 50 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 25 confirmed (including 17 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 8 confirmed (including 4 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 1 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 20,765 (17 presumptive, 20,748 confirmed including 509 deaths, 5,254 resolved)

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