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London-Middlesex Moving to Red Tomorrow

Monday, 29 March 2021 at 14:35

The Province announced today they are moving London-Middlesex from Orange to red tomorrow after a major spike in daily cases last week.

LONDON/MIDDLESEX - The Middlesex-London Health Unit is moving from Orange to Red in the Keeping Ontario Safe and Open Framework. 

Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott says the decision was made at the request of the local medical officer of health due to concerning trends in public health indicators in the region.

"As a result of worsening trends of key health indicators, our government is taking immediate action to put stronger public health measures in place in the Middlesex-London public health region. As we continue to see the rates of transmission increase throughout the province, we all must continue doing our part and follow public health measures and advice to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect our hospital and health system capacity."

London-Middlesex will officially be in the red tier on Tuesday and will stay there for a minimum of 14 days. Over the past week, the region's case increased by 86.9 per cent, to 64.4 cases per 100,000 people. 

The public health region is also reporting an increase in cases screened as variants of concern.

Being in red limits sports, dining and other activities. You can read exactly what it means to be in red online here.

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