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First time in weeks no deaths reported in Ontario, as total COVID-19 deaths rise to 8,693 in Canada

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Volunteers examine the documents of motorists who just came off the Confederation Bridge in Borden-Carleton, P.E.I., Friday, July 3, 2020. Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer of health is warning that the five new cases of COVID-19 discovered over the weekend indicates the province is still susceptible to the infection.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brian McInnis

There are 105,935 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 55,937 confirmed (including 5,577 deaths, 25,378 resolved)

Ontario: 35,948 confirmed (including 2,689 deaths, 31,426 resolved)

Alberta: 8,389 confirmed (including 155 deaths, 7,627 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,978 confirmed (including 183 deaths, 2,629 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,065 confirmed (including 63 deaths, 998 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 805 confirmed (including 14 deaths, 732 resolved)

Manitoba: 314 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 304 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 258 resolved)

New Brunswick: 165 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 162 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 32 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, 1 presumptive

Total: 105,935 (8,693 deaths, 69,570 resolved)

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