The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020:
— Ontario: 60 confirmed (five cases resolved)
— British Columbia: 53 confirmed, including one death (six cases resolved)
— Alberta: 23 confirmed
— Quebec: 17 confirmed
— New Brunswick: one confirmed
— Manitoba: three presumptive
— Saskatchewan: one presumptive
— Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton: one confirmed
— Total: 159 (155 confirmed, four presumptive; 11 cases resolved)
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