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Slight drop in COVID-19 figures in B.C., Ontario and Alberta

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People attempt to physical distance themselves from one another as they walk along the seawall in Vancouver, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

There are 114,994 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 58,897 confirmed (including 5,670 deaths, 50,886 resolved)

Ontario: 38,910 confirmed (including 2,768 deaths, 34,567 resolved)

Alberta: 10,470 confirmed (including 187 deaths, 8,886 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,523 confirmed (including 194 deaths, 3,076resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,218 confirmed (including 17 deaths, 907 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,067 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 1,004 resolved)

Manitoba: 391 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 319 resolved), 14 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 266 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 259 resolved)

New Brunswick: 170 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 165 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 36 confirmed (including 36 resolved)

Yukon: 14 confirmed (including 11 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 114,994 (8,912 deaths, 100,101 resolved)

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