Canada now has 85 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu within its borders, after new cases were identified in B.C., Quebec, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia.
Public health officials in Nova Scotia said they have 17 new cases of the virus. 11 are students at a private high school that had an earlier outbreak.
The BC Centre of Disease Control confirmed three new cases on Saturday afternoon and Alberta announced another seven cases.
Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Acting Chief Medical Officer of Health, said Saturday's two new cases in his province were in the Greater Toronto Area.
Testing revealed one of the new cases was the result of person-to-person transmission, acquired by the roommate of a person who recently visited Mexico.
Health authorities in Quebec confirmed the province's second H1N1 case on Saturday, planning to release further details about the case at a news conference scheduled for later today.
There are now 22 confirmed cases of H1N1 virus in B.C., 31 in Nova Scotia, 14 in Ontario, 15 in Alberta, two in Quebec and one in New Brunswick.
All of the Canadians who have fallen ill from H1N1 -- previously known as swine flu -- have suffered only mild symptoms, and none have died as a result of the flu.
On Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he believes Canadians are concerned, but not panicked, about the spread of the H1N1 flu.
He told reporters in Edgeley, Sask., that Canadian health officials are working in a co-ordinated manner to keep track of the flu and deal with the outbreak.
The presence of H1N1 in Canada was officially confirmed last weekend.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced at a Friday afternoon news conference that the government would be placing ads in Saturday newspapers to raise public awareness of the flu.
The federal government has also made use of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to promote a flu prevention campaign.
With files from The Canadian Press
