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Apr 23, 2020 1:14 AM -

Total number of COVID-19 cases in Canada rise past 40,000

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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 40,190 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 20,965 confirmed (including 1,134 deaths, 4,291 resolved)

Ontario: 12,245 confirmed (including 659 deaths, 6,221 resolved)

Alberta: 3,401 confirmed (including 66 deaths, 1,310 resolved)

British Columbia: 1,795 confirmed (including 90 deaths, 1,079 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 772 confirmed (including 12 deaths, 338 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 326 confirmed (including 4 deaths, 261 resolved)

Manitoba: 246 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 154 resolved), 11 presumptive

Newfoundland and Labrador: 256 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 199 resolved)

New Brunswick: 118 confirmed (including 104 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 26 confirmed (including 24 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed

Yukon: 11 confirmed (including 8 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 40,190 (11 presumptive, 40,179 confirmed including 1,974 deaths, 13,994 resolved)

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