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Rise in COVID-19 cases in Alberta and B.C. over the weekend

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People wear face masks as they wait to enter a store in Montreal, Sunday, August 9, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

There are 125,647 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 61,741 confirmed (including 5,744 deaths, 54,761 resolved)

Ontario: 41,507 confirmed (including 2,798 deaths, 37,673 resolved)

Alberta: 13,006 confirmed (including 234 deaths, 11,600 resolved)

British Columbia: 5,184 confirmed (including 203 deaths, 4,068 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,602 confirmed (including 22 deaths, 1,482 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,080 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,008 resolved)

Manitoba: 993 confirmed (including 12 deaths, 586 resolved)

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

New Brunswick: 189 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: 125,647 (9,083 deaths, 111,694 resolved)

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