8 Regions In Ontario Are Moving To New Colour Zones As Of This Monday
Half of the places are moving up and half of them are moving down.
Staff Writer
Mar 19, 2021, 8:12 PM
Eight regions in the province are moving to a new colour zone in Ontario.
The province announced on Friday that the regions would have new restrictions as of 12:01 a.m. on Monday, March 22.
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Four Public Health Units (PHUs) are loosening restrictions and four more are tightening theirs. The full list is as follows:
- Brant County Health Unit — Moving from Orange-Restrict to Red-Control
- Chatham-Kent Public Health — Orange-Restrict to Red-Control
- Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit — Yellow-Protect to Red-Control
- Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health — Red-Control to Orange-Restrict
- North Bay Parry Sound District — Red-Control to Yellow-Protect
- Porcupine Health Unit — Orange-Restrict to Yellow-Protect
- Timiskaming Health Unit — Orange-Restrict to Yellow-Protect
- Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health — Green-Prevent to Yellow-Protect
The Ontario government is also changing restrictions within the colour zones, adding extra restaurant capacity and outdoor dining in various regions of the province.