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Increase in COVID-19 cases B.C., Alberta and Manitoba

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People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing facility in Burnaby, B.C., on Thursday, August 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

There are 122,872 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 61,206 confirmed (including 5,721 deaths, 53,930 resolved)

Ontario: 40,745 confirmed (including 2,789 deaths, 37,036 resolved)

Alberta: 12,412 confirmed (including 224 deaths, 11,056 resolved)

British Columbia: 4,594 confirmed (including 198 deaths, 3,653 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,581 confirmed (including 22 deaths, 1,387 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,075 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved)

Manitoba: 716 confirmed (including 9 deaths, 490 resolved), 15 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 resolved)

New Brunswick: 186 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 169 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 41 confirmed (including 36 resolved)

Yukon: 15 confirmed (including 14 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 122,872 (9,032 deaths, 109,059 resolved)

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