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COVID-19: 9,729 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada, 111 deaths reported

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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 9,729 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 4,611 confirmed (including 33 deaths, 155 resolved)

Ontario: 2,392 confirmed (including 37 deaths, 689 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,066 confirmed (including 25 deaths, 606 resolved)

Alberta: 871 confirmed (including 11 deaths, 142 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 193 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 21 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 175 confirmed (including 1 death, 10 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 173 confirmed (including 10 resolved)

Manitoba: 109 confirmed (including 1 death, 4 resolved), 18 presumptive

New Brunswick: 81 confirmed (including 9 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 21 confirmed (including 3 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 5 confirmed

Northwest Territories: 1 confirmed

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 9,729 (18 presumptive, 9,711 confirmed including 111 deaths, 1,649 resolved)

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