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COVID-19: Number of cases rise to 64,922 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 64,922 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

Quebec: 35,238 confirmed (including 2,631 deaths, 8,673 resolved)

Ontario: 19,121 confirmed (including 1,477 deaths, 13,569 resolved)

Alberta: 6,017 confirmed (including 114 deaths, 3,809 resolved)

British Columbia: 2,288 confirmed (including 126 deaths, 1,512 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,007 confirmed (including 44 deaths, 708 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 531 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 329 resolved)

Manitoba: 272 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 243 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 26 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: 64,922 (11 presumptive, 64,911 confirmed including 4,408 deaths, 29,260 resolved)

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