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COVID-19 numbers consistent in Ontario and Quebec, but on a rise in Alberta and B.C.

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Downtown Vancouver is pictured in the background as a Canadian flag blows in the wind at the Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

There are 108,155 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 56,621 confirmed (including 5,628 deaths, 25,911 resolved)

Ontario: 36,839 confirmed (including 2,722 deaths, 32,663 resolved)

Alberta: 8,826 confirmed (including 161 deaths, 7,989 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,115 confirmed (including 189 deaths, 2,718 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,066 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 1,000 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 871 confirmed (including 15 deaths, 766 resolved)

Manitoba: 314 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 317 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 262 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 258 resolved)

New Brunswick: 166 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 163 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 35 confirmed (including 27 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: 108,155 (11 presumptive, 108,144 confirmed including 8,790 deaths, 71,841 resolved)

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