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Here Are All The Regions With New COVID-19 Restrictions In Ontario & What They Mean

Toronto and Peel aren't the only places with new rules.
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Along with the announcement of a Toronto and Peel lockdown, even more Ontario COVID-19 restrictions were put into place for other areas.

Numerous public health units across the province will be moved up into a higher colour coding, indicating new regulations they must follow.

Chatham-Kent, Eastern Ontario, Grey Bruce, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington, Peterborough, and Thunder Bay have all been moved into the yellow-protect zone.

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In these regions, restrictions include limiting gatherings to 10 people indoors and 25 outdoors, restaurants seating no more than six people at a table and collecting contact info, and theatres remaining open with a maximum of 50 people inside.

Regions moving into the orange-restrict level are Huron Perth, Simcoe Muskoka, Southwestern, and Windsor-Essex County.

In these areas, restaurants are allowed 50 people seated inside, personal services that require mask removal are prohibited, and liquor can only be served until 9:00 p.m, among other rules.

Durham Region and the Region of Waterloo are both moving into the red-control level.

This is the highest level other than a full lockdown, and means higher limits on public gatherings, a limit of 10 patrons for indoor dining and gyms, and screening patrons at mall entrances.

  • Colin Leggett was a Contributing Editor with Narcity Canada. He wrote on the national news team for over a year and contributed to coverage of the 2019 Canadian Federal Election, as well as the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Colin has a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Cultural Theory from McMaster University, as well as a graduate certificate in Television Writing and Producing from Humber College. He is an avid consumer of politics and pop culture, having written about everything from food to television to Canada-U.S. relations.

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