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Decrease in COVID-19 cases in Alberta and Ontario, but increase in numbers in B.C.

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This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/ CDC via AP

There are 117,791 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 59,845 confirmed (including 5,685 deaths, 50,886 resolved)

Ontario: 39,628 confirmed (including 2,782 deaths, 35,601 resolved)

Alberta: 11,146 confirmed (including 201 deaths, 9,754 resolved)

British Columbia: 3,787 confirmed (including 195 deaths, 3,273 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,368 confirmed (including 18 deaths, 1,097 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,005 resolved)

Manitoba: 427 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 341 resolved), 15 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 266 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 259 resolved)

New Brunswick: 170 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 166 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 36 confirmed (including 36 resolved)

Yukon: 14 confirmed (including 11 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 117,791 (8,958 deaths, 102,447 resolved)

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