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The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada

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The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4.51pm on March 29, 2020:

There are 6320 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Ontario: 1355 confirmed (including 23 deaths, 8 resolved)

British Columbia: 884 confirmed (including 17 deaths, 396 resolved)

Alberta: 661 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 73 resolved)

Quebec: 2840 confirmed (including 22 deaths, 1 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 156 confirmed (including 3 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 122 confirmed

Manitoba: 25 confirmed, 47 presumptive (including 1 death)

New Brunswick: 66 confirmed

Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: 13 confirmed

Newfoundland and Labrador: 135 confirmed (including 4 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 11 confirmed

Yukon: 4 confirmed

Northwest Territories: 1 confirmed

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 6320 (47 presumptive, 6273 confirmed, including 66 deaths, 485 resolved)

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