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Increase in COVID-19 cases in Alberta and B.C., more than 100 cases reported in Ontario and Quebec

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A woman walks her daughter to school in Gatineau, Que., Monday May 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

There are 128,948 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 62,492 confirmed (including 5,760 deaths, 55,353 resolved)

Ontario: 42,309 confirmed (including 2,811 deaths, 38,277 resolved)

Alberta: 13,902 confirmed (including 239 deaths, 12,293 resolved)

British Columbia: 5,790 confirmed (including 208 deaths, 4,406 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,619 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 1,561 resolved)

Manitoba: 1,214 confirmed (including 14 deaths, 731 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,085 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,013 resolved)

Newfoundland and Labrador: 269 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 265 resolved)

New Brunswick: 191 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 185 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 44 confirmed (including 41 resolved)

Yukon: 15 confirmed (including 15 resolved)

Repatriated Canadians: 13 confirmed (including 13 resolved)

Northwest Territories: 5 confirmed (including 5 resolved)

Nunavut: No confirmed cases

Total: 128,948 (9,126 deaths, 114,158 resolved)

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