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COVID-19: Positive cases in Canada surpass 60,000

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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 60,772 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 32,623 confirmed (including 2,280 deaths, 7,578 resolved)

Ontario: 17,923 confirmed (including 1,300 deaths, 12,505 resolved)

Alberta: 5,836 confirmed (including 104 deaths, 2,942 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,224 confirmed (including 117 deaths, 1,417 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 985 confirmed (including 38 deaths, 638 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 467 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 307 resolved)

Manitoba: 281 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 238 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 259 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 233 resolved)

New Brunswick: 118 confirmed (including 118 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 25 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: 60,772 (0 presumptive, 60,772 confirmed including 3,854 deaths, 26,030 resolved)

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