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326 new COVID-19 cases and 18 deaths reported in Canada

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People wear face masks as they wait to enter the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal, Saturday, June 6, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. A new poll suggests Canadians are increasingly wearing protective face masks as they emerge from months of isolating at home to curb the spread of COVID-19.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

There are 101,963 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 54,884 confirmed (including 5,424 deaths, 23,620 resolved)

Ontario: 33,853 confirmed (including 2,619 deaths, 29,107 resolved)

Alberta: 7,781 confirmed (including 153 deaths, 7,096 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,835 confirmed (including 170 deaths, 2,471 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,061 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 998 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 753 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 642 resolved)

Manitoba: 303 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 293 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 258 resolved)

New Brunswick: 165 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 143 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 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

Total: 101,963 (11 presumptive, 101,952 confirmed including 8,454 deaths, 64,684 resolved)

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