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Apr 9, 2020 1:28 AM -

COVID-19: Total cases rise past 19,000 in Canada, 435 total deaths reported

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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 19,291 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 10,031 confirmed (including 175 deaths, 827 resolved)

Ontario: 5,276 confirmed (including 174 deaths, 2,074 resolved)

Alberta: 1,423 confirmed (including 29 deaths, 519 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,336 confirmed (including 48 deaths, 838 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 342 confirmed (including 1 death, 77 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 271 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 88 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 232 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 74 resolved)

Manitoba: 206 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 69 resolved), 15 presumptive

New Brunswick: 108 confirmed (including 50 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 25 confirmed (including 17 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 8 confirmed (including 4 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 1 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 19,291 (15 presumptive, 19,276 confirmed including 435 deaths, 4,638 resolved)

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