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COVID-19 in Canada: Total cases - 63,496

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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 63,496 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 34,327 confirmed (including 2,510 deaths, 8,284 resolved)

Ontario: 18,722 confirmed (including 1,429 deaths, 13,222 resolved)

Alberta: 5,963 confirmed (including 112 deaths, 3,552 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,255 confirmed (including 124 deaths, 1,494 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 998 confirmed (including 41 deaths, 661 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 512 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 312 resolved)

Manitoba: 273 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 242 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 259 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 244 resolved)

New Brunswick: 120 confirmed (including 118 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 26 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

Total: 63,496 (11 presumptive, 63,485 confirmed including 4,232 deaths, 28,184 resolved)

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