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53,236 COVID-19 cases in Canada, number of deaths- 3,184

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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 53,236 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 27,538 confirmed (including 1,859 deaths, 6,299 resolved)

Ontario: 16,187 confirmed (including 1,082 deaths, 10,205 resolved)

Alberta: 5,355 confirmed (including 89 deaths, 2,161 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,112 confirmed (including 111 deaths, 1,322 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 947 confirmed (including 28 deaths, 545 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 389 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 295 resolved)

Manitoba: 264 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 220 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 258 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 225 resolved)

New Brunswick: 118 confirmed (including 114 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 24 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Yukon: 11 confirmed (including 8 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: 1 confirmed

Total: 53,236 (11 presumptive, 53,225 confirmed including 3,184 deaths, 21,436 resolved)

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