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COVID-19: Total number of cases in Canada go past 7,000, number of deaths 89

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Minister of Health Patty Hajdu listens during a press conference on COVID-19 in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

There are 7,495 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 3,430 confirmed (including 25 deaths, 1 resolved)

Ontario: 1,706 confirmed (including 33 deaths, 431 resolved)

British Columbia: 970 confirmed (including 19 deaths, 396 resolved)

Alberta: 690 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 73 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 176 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 3 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 148 confirmed (including 1 death, 7 resolved)

Manitoba: 96 confirmed (including 1 death, 2 resolved), 47 presumptive

Nova Scotia: 127 confirmed (including 10 resolved)

New Brunswick: 68 confirmed (including 2 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 18 confirmed (including 1 death)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 5 confirmed

Northwest Territories: 1 confirmed

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 7,495 (47 presumptive, 7,419 confirmed including 89 deaths, 925 resolved)

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