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Nearly 70,000 total number of COVID-19 cases in Canada, 4,993 deaths reported

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FILE - In this illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). This virus was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China. A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area who became ill after returning from a trip to China has become the ninth person in the U.S. to test positive for a new virus, health authorities said Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. (CDC via AP, File)

There are 69,981 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 38,469 confirmed (including 3,013 deaths, 9,703 resolved)

Ontario: 20,546 confirmed (including 1,669 deaths, 15,131 resolved)

Alberta: 6,300 confirmed (including 117 deaths, 4,659 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,353 confirmed (including 130 deaths, 1,719 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,019 confirmed (including 48 deaths, 767 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 568 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 363 resolved)

Manitoba: 278 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 247 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 244 resolved)

New Brunswick: 120 confirmed (including 118 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 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

Total: 69,981 (11 presumptive, 69,970 confirmed including 4,993 deaths, 33,007 resolved)

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