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COVID-19 cases in Canada-31,927, number of deaths rise to 1,310

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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 31,927 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 16,798 confirmed (including 688 deaths, 3,068 resolved)

Ontario: 9,525 confirmed (including 478 deaths, 4,556 resolved)

Alberta: 2,397 confirmed (including 50 deaths, 1,124 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,618 confirmed (including 78 deaths, 966 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 606 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 177 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 306 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 228 resolved), 1 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 256 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 176 resolved)

Manitoba: 239 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 132 resolved), 11 presumptive

New Brunswick: 117 confirmed (including 83 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 26 confirmed (including 23 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 9 confirmed (including 7 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 3 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 31,927 (12 presumptive, 31,915 confirmed including 1,310 deaths, 10,543 resolved)

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