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Increase of COVID-19 cases in Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and B.C.

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People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing facility in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, August 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

There are 124,372 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 61,495 confirmed (including 5,733 deaths, 54,472 resolved)

Ontario: 41,179 confirmed (including 2,796 deaths, 37,397 resolved)

Alberta: 12,748 confirmed (including 230 deaths, 11,374 resolved)

British Columbia: 4,915 confirmed (including 202 deaths, 3,889 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,595 confirmed (including 22 deaths, 1,439 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,077 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,008 resolved)

Manitoba: 830 confirmed (including 12 deaths, 553 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved)

New Brunswick: 188 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 178 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 44 confirmed (including 40 resolved)

Yukon: 15 confirmed (including 15 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 124,372 (9,064 deaths, 110,648 resolved)

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