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COVID-19 cases increasing in various provinces in Canada

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This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/ CDC via AP

There are 112,240 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 57,938 confirmed (including 5,662 deaths, 50,373 resolved)

Ontario: 38,107 confirmed (including 2,755 deaths, 33,812 resolved)

Alberta: 9,861 confirmed (including 174 deaths, 8,436 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,362 confirmed (including 189 deaths, 2,888 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,067 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 1,003 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,030 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 825 resolved)

Manitoba: 361 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 318 resolved), 13 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 264 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 259 resolved)

New Brunswick: 170 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 163 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 36 confirmed (including 31 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, 2 presumptive

Total: 112,240 (8,870 deaths, 98,137 resolved)

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