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COVID-19 cases in Canada rise past 30,000, number of deaths rise to 1,195

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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 30,106 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 15,857 confirmed (including 630 deaths, 2,841 resolved)

Ontario: 8,961 confirmed (including 423 deaths, 4,194 resolved)

Alberta: 2,158 confirmed (including 50 deaths, 914 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,575 confirmed (including 77 deaths, 983 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 579 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 176 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 305 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 219 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 252 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 170 resolved)

Manitoba: 239 confirmed (including 5 deaths, 121 resolved), 11 presumptive

New Brunswick: 117 confirmed (including 80 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 26 confirmed (including 23 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 8 confirmed (including 6 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 2 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 30,092 (1,195 deaths)

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