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Quebec has inked a deal with some pharmacies to allow them to give the COVID-19 vaccine as mass inoculation gets underway in the province.

Researchers say the best way to stop the spread of COVID-19 variants is to abide by public health orders, maintain physical distancing and limit contact with others.

Elections Newfoundland and Labrador said Friday evening that the provincial election will now shift entirely to mail-in voting, with ballots being accepted until March 1.

Peterborough Public Health reports 56 active cases of COVID-19 on March 16, 2021.

A resident tested positive for B.1.1.7, sometimes called the 'U.K. variant' of the novel coronavirus.

After Trent University reported 18 student residence cases Monday, there are now 12 as of Friday.

According to Sunday's report, 40 cases were recorded in Toronto, 33 in Peel Region, 23 in York Region, 16 in Middlesex-London, 14 in Hamilton, 13 in Durham, and 12 in Waterloo.

Ontario administered 176,834 vaccines in the last day as 57.2 per cent of the adult (18+) population are fully vaccinated. First dose adult coverage stands at 79.4 per cent.

The province released two sets of data on Tuesday due to the August Civic holiday.

Monday's case count is a significant drop from the last several days. However, Monday's are typically lower for daily cases due to low testing from the previous day.

According to Wednesday's report, 12 cases were reported in Waterloo Region, 26 in Toronto, 13 in Durham and 16 in Peel Region.

Tuesday's case count is the smallest increase in new cases since mid-September. There are now more than two million people fully vaccinated with two shots in Ontario.

Ontario marked another record increase of 210,611 vaccines (38,291 for a first shot and 172,320 for a second shot) in the last day. More than 2.3 million people fully vaccinated.

The Omicron variant, first detected by South Africa, has become the latest and fifth variant of concern designated by the WHO since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ontario government released two sets of data due to the Labour Day holiday.

Thirteen more virus-related deaths were recorded. However, Ontario said five of the deaths occurred in the last week with the other eight occurred more than a week ago.

Of the 563 new cases recorded, 259 were unvaccinated people, 15 were partially vaccinated, 249 were fully vaccinated and for 40 people the vaccination status was unknown.

Of the new cases recorded, 300 were unvaccinated people, 33 were partially vaccinated people, 192 were fully vaccinated people and for 48 people the vaccination status was unknown.

The seven-day average in Ontario has now reached 606 which is down from a week prior when it was 710.

Of the 485 new cases recorded, the data showed 309 were unvaccinated people, 41 were partially vaccinated people, 98 were full vaccinated people and 37 were unknown.