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COVID-19 deaths in Canada rise over 9,000

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People sit in outdoor booths, built on top of street parking spots outside a restaurant as people walk on a road closed to car traffic in the Byward Market in Ottawa, on Sunday, July 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

There are 120,844 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 60,813 confirmed (including 5,709 deaths, 53,270 resolved)

Ontario: 40,289 confirmed (including 2,787 deaths, 36,590 resolved)

Alberta: 11,893 confirmed (including 217 deaths, 10,632 resolved)

British Columbia: 4,196 confirmed (including 196 deaths, 3,469 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,484 confirmed (including 20 deaths, 1,314 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved)

Manitoba: 563 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 368 resolved), 15 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 resolved)

New Brunswick: 178 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 168 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 41 confirmed (including 36 resolved)

Yukon: 15 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 120,844 (9,006 deaths, 107,148 resolved)

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