Government of Canada – Status of COVID-19

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Current situation

Areas in Canada with cases of COVID-19 as of March 18, 2020, 9:30 am EDT
Province, territory or other Number of confirmed cases Number of probable cases
British Columbia 186 0
Alberta 97 0
Saskatchewan 2 6
Manitoba 8 7
Ontario 189 0
Quebec 74 0
Newfoundland and Labrador 0 3
New Brunswick 2 6
Nova Scotia 1 6
Prince Edward Island 1 0
Repatriated travellers 9 0
Total cases 569 28

Information on demographics, symptoms and outcomes is available for 211 cases.

Of these cases:

  • onset of illness occurred between January 15 and March 15, 2020
  • 47% of cases are female
  • 32% of cases are 60 years old and over
  • 12% of cases have been hospitalized
  • 8 people have died of COVID-19
  • 74% of cases are travellers and 11% are close contacts of travellers
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