Hamilton, York, and Halton to Move Into ‘Red Zone’ as Part of Ontario’s New COVID Containment Measures

Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a briefing as the provincial government announces a series of measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, In Toronto on Nov, 13, 2020. Chris Young/The Canadian Press

Premier Doug Ford says Ontario will lower the threshold on its colour-coded COVID-19 restrictions framework and move Hamilton, Halton, and York regions to level red, joining the Peel region, due to an increase in new infections.

Ford made the announcement Friday together with province’s health minister Christine Elliott and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams at Queen’s Park.