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

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In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 file photo, a patient receives an influenza vaccine in Mesquite, Texas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/LM Otero

There are 135,625 confirmed cases in Canada.

Quebec: 64,463 confirmed (including 5,774 deaths, 56,843 resolved)

Ontario: 44,068 confirmed (including 2,813 deaths, 39,598 resolved)

Alberta: 15,415 confirmed (including 253 deaths, 13,718 resolved)

British Columbia: 6,962 confirmed (including 213 deaths, 5,273 resolved)

Saskatchewan: 1,688 confirmed (including 24 deaths, 1,598 resolved)

Manitoba: 1,393 confirmed (including 16 deaths, 1,090 resolved)

Nova Scotia: 1,086 confirmed (including 65 deaths, 1,019 resolved)

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

New Brunswick: 193 confirmed (including 2 deaths, 188 resolved)

Prince Edward Island: 55 confirmed (including 44 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: 135,625 (9,163 deaths, 119,669 resolved)

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