The province continues to advise that people are "strongly encouraged to seek asymptomatic COVID-19 testing," and the recent surge in case numbers may be driving that message home. Today's report says 2,723 local tests were completed by local labs yesterday, a steep rise from the current daily average of about 2,300 tests, In vaccinations, the province's reporting today shows there were 8,455 doses delivered yesterday. This is up about 1,000 injections from last Monday, but well off the five-figure pace the province managed to reach on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday last week, with over 12,000, jobs per day. The province is also reporting that two more cases of the B117 variant have been identified from our recent positive tests. "These were previously reported cases that were related to travel," the province says. If you're counting, that brings Nova Scotia to a total of 65 known cases of B17, the UK variant, 12 of 501V2 and one P1, the South African and Brazilian mutations respectively. If you're not counting, all you need to know is that to B117 variant is definitely in Nova Scotia and actively infecting people.