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Lowest number of COVID-19 cases in Ontario in over 4months, the latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

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A man wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 rides a bike past a photograph of a woman smiling outside a dental office, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

There are 120,421 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 60,718 confirmed (including 5,697 deaths, 53,135 resolved)

Ontario: 40,194 confirmed (including 2,786 deaths, 36,456 resolved)

Alberta: 11,772 confirmed (including 216 deaths, 10,552 resolved)

British Columbia: 4,111 confirmed (including 195 deaths, 3,444 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,479 confirmed (including 20 deaths, 1,294 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved)

Manitoba: 547 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 360 resolved), 15 presumptive

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

New Brunswick: 177 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 168 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 36 confirmed (including 36 resolved)

Yukon: 15 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 120,421 (8,991 deaths, 106,746 resolved)

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