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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 3

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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 130,493 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 62,933 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,615 resolved)

Ontario: 42,686 confirmed (including 2,812 deaths, 38,625 resolved)

Alberta: 14,310 confirmed (including 242 deaths, 12,653 resolved)

British Columbia: 6,041 confirmed (including 210 deaths, 4,644 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,634 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 1,574 resolved)

Manitoba: 1,264 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 791 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,085 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,014 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 269 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved)

New Brunswick: 192 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 186 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 46 confirmed (including 44 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: 130,493 (9,141 deaths, 115,444 resolved)

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