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Increase in COVID-19 cases in Canada, more than 100 cases reported in Alberta for second consecutive day

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There are 109,669 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 57,142 confirmed (including 5,647 deaths, 49,939 resolved)

Ontario: 37,274 confirmed (including 2,746 deaths, 33,162 resolved)

Alberta: 9,219 confirmed (including 167 deaths, 8,193 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,198 confirmed (including 189 deaths, 2,802 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,067 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 1,002 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 936 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 793 resolved)

Manitoba: 325 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 318 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 262 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 259 resolved)

New Brunswick: 168 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 163 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 36 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, 2 presumptive

Total: 109,669 (8,839 deaths, 96,687 resolved)

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