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Apr 15, 2020 1:47 AM -

COVID-19: Number of deaths rise past 900, number of cases go past 27,000 in Canada

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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 27,063 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 14,248 confirmed (including 435 deaths, 2,146 resolved)

Ontario: 7,953 confirmed (including 334 deaths, 3,568 resolved)

Alberta: 1,870 confirmed (including 48 deaths, 914 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,517 confirmed (including 72 deaths, 942 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 517 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 124 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 301 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 187 resolved)

Manitoba: 229 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 99 resolved), 17 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 244 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 149 resolved)

New Brunswick: 116 confirmed (including 74 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 25 confirmed (including 23 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 8 confirmed (including 6 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 1 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 27,063 (17 presumptive, 27,046 confirmed including 903 deaths, 8,233 resolved)

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