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476 COVID-19 cases reported in Canada, Ontario numbers drop and Alberta virus figures cuntinue to rise

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People attend a COVID testing centre at a Hospital in Ajax, Ont., on Tuesday July 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

There are 115,470 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 59,073 confirmed (including 5,670 deaths, 50,886 resolved)

Ontario: 38,986 confirmed (including 2,769 deaths, 34,741 resolved)

Alberta: 10,603 confirmed (including 190 deaths, 8,983 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,562 confirmed (including 194 deaths, 3,109 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,268 confirmed (including 17 deaths, 929 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,067 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,003 resolved)

Manitoba: 393 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 325 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: 115,470 (8,917 deaths, 100,465 resolved)

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