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May 9, 2020 1:34 AM -

Canada: 1,512 more COVID-19 cases reported on Friday

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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 66,434 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 36,150 confirmed (including 2,725 deaths, 8,928 resolved)

Ontario: 19,598 confirmed (including 1,540 deaths, 13,990 resolved)

Alberta: 6,098 confirmed (including 115 deaths, 4,020 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,315 confirmed (including 127 deaths, 1,579 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,008 confirmed (including 46 deaths, 722 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 544 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 355 resolved)

Manitoba: 273 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 247 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 244 resolved)

New Brunswick: 120 confirmed (including 118 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: 66,434 (11 presumptive, 66,423 confirmed including 4,569 deaths, 30,259 resolved)

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