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COVID-19 positive deaths in Canada rise over 6,000

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First responders bring in a patient to the emergency unit at the Verdun Hospital Wednesday April 15, 2020 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

There are 80,142 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 44,775 confirmed (including 3,718 deaths, 12,822 resolved)

Ontario: 23,774 confirmed (including 1,962 deaths, 18,190 resolved)

Alberta: 6,735 confirmed (including 128 deaths, 5,637 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,467 confirmed (including 149 deaths, 2,001 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,045 confirmed (including 57 deaths, 956 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 620 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 494 resolved)

Manitoba: 279 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 260 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 260 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 253 resolved)

New Brunswick: 120 confirmed (including 120 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 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: 80,142 (11 presumptive, 80,131 confirmed including 6,031 deaths, 40,789 resolved)

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