Ontario Just Revealed Which Regions Will Be Moving Into The Green Zone Next Week

They also revealed who's in yellow, orange, red and grey.
Ontario Editor

The government just revealed where regions will be moving in Ontario's COVID-19 Response Framework. 

In a press release, the government stated that 27 public health regions will be moving back to the coloured zones on Tuesday, February 16.  

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27 Health Units moving into Ontario's COVID-19 Response Framework. 

However, Toronto, York, Peel and North Bay Parry Sound will all remain under Ontario's stay-at-home order until at least February 22.  

The health units are placed under the coloured zones as follows: 

Green- Prevent:

  •  Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
  • Timiskaming Health Unit 

Yellow- Protect:

  •  Algoma Public Health  
  • Grey Bruce Health Unit 
  • Northwestern Health Unit
  • Peterborough Public Health  

Orange- Restrict: 

  • Brant County Health Unit 
  • Eastern Ontario Health Unit 
  • Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit  
  • Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit 
  • Huron Perth Public Health
  • Lambton Public Health
  • Ottawa Public Health
  • Porcupine Health Unit
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts

Red- Control: 

  • Chatham-Kent Public Health  
  • City of Hamilton Public Health Services 
  • Durham Region Health Department 
  • Halton Region Public Health  
  • Middlesex-London Health Unit
  • Region of Waterloo Public Health and Emergency Services  
  • Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit 
  • Southwestern Public Health 
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit
  • Wellington-Dufferin Guelph Public Health 
  • Windsor-Essex County Health Unit 

Grey-Lockdown: 

  • Niagara Region Public Health 

According to the government, each region will stay in its zones for at least two weeks.

It will then be evaluated to see if the regions should move to another level. 

On February 10, the first three health units, Hastings Prince Edward Public Health, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health, and Renfrew County and District Health moved into the green zone. 

  • Allysha Howse was the Ontario Editor for Narcity Canada. Based in Toronto with seven years of experience as a leading journalist, she has been able to bring breaking news to readers across the country. Over the past year, she has been able to help Narcity reach record-breaking growth and bring original Ontario-focused stories to the fingertips of millennials. Allysha specialized in Books and Media Studies at the University of Toronto and has publications in Snapd Media.

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