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For second day Canada reports less than 1,000 COVID-19 cases

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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 87,519 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 49,139 confirmed (including 4,228 deaths, 15,319 resolved)

Ontario: 26,483 confirmed (including 2,155 deaths, 20,372 resolved)

Alberta: 6,926 confirmed (including 141 deaths, 6,106 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,550 confirmed (including 161 deaths, 2,144 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,053 confirmed (including 59 deaths, 975 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 637 confirmed (including 10 deaths, 559 resolved)

Manitoba: 281 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 271 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 260 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 255 resolved)

New Brunswick: 123 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: 87,519 (11 presumptive, 87,508 confirmed including 6,764 deaths, 46,177 resolved)

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