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May 6, 2020 1:24 AM -

Number of COVID-19 realted deaths surpass 4,000 in Canada

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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 62,046 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 33,417 confirmed (including 2,398 deaths, 7,578 resolved)

Ontario: 18,310 confirmed (including 1,361 deaths, 12,779 resolved)

Alberta: 5,893 confirmed (including 106 deaths, 3,219 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,232 confirmed (including 121 deaths, 1,472 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 991 confirmed (including 41 deaths, 652 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 487 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 310 resolved)

Manitoba: 282 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 238 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 259 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 241 resolved)

New Brunswick: 119 confirmed (including 118 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 25 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: 62,046 (62,046 confirmed including 4,043 deaths, 26,661 resolved)

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