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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.
Ontario Colour Zones: 8 Regions Are Shifting Restrictions This Monday
George Kroll | Dreamstime
Staff Writer

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.

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