The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

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The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:15 p.m. on June 8, 2020:

There are 96,244 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada.

_ Quebec: 53,047 confirmed (including 4,984 deaths, 18,714 resolved)

This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/ CDC via AP
This 2020 electron microscope made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention image shows the spherical coronavirus particles from the first U.S. case of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-C.S. Goldsmith, A. Tamin/ CDC via AP

_ Ontario: 30,860 confirmed (including 2,450 deaths, 24,492 resolved)

_ Alberta: 7,202 confirmed (including 149 deaths, 6,698 resolved)

_ British Columbia: 2,659 confirmed (including 167 deaths, 2,309 resolved)

_ Nova Scotia: 1,059 confirmed (including 61 deaths, 999 resolved)

_ Saskatchewan: 654 confirmed (including 13 deaths, 624 resolved)

_ Manitoba: 289 confirmed (including 7 deaths, 284 resolved), 11 presumptive

_ Newfoundland and Labrador: 261 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 256 resolved)

_ New Brunswick: 146 confirmed (including 1 death, 121 resolved)

_ Prince Edward Island: 27 confirmed (including 27 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: 96,244 (11 presumptive, 96,233 confirmed including 7,835 deaths, 54,553 resolved)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 8, 2020.

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