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395 COVID-19 cases reported in Canada

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People sit and lie in the sun at Kitsilano Beach Park in Vancouver, on Saturday, May 9, 2020. As bars, restaurants and house parties continue to play significant roles in spreading COVID-19, some infectious disease experts in Canada think it's time to offer a safer alternative to drinking in public. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

There are 118,187 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 60,000 confirmed (including 5,687 deaths, 50,886 resolved)

Ontario: 39,714 confirmed (including 2,782 deaths, 35,747 resolved)

Alberta: 11,240 confirmed (including 203 deaths, 9,891 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,834 confirmed (including 195 deaths, 3,288 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,376 confirmed (including 18 deaths, 1,133 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,005 resolved)

Manitoba: 429 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 342 resolved), 15 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 266 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 resolved)

New Brunswick: 174 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 168 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: 118,187 (8,962 deaths, 102,788 resolved)

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