Ontario's top health officials have indicated that a trio of the province's COVID-19 hot spots will move back to a modified stage two of reopening.
Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health; Dr. Dirk Huyer, Chief Coroner for Ontario and Coordinator of the Provincial Outbreak Response; and Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown, Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, held a media briefing on COVID-19
The province recorded a record-high number of COVID-19 cases on Oct. 9, with 939 new cases reported Friday.
Officials urged that people across Ontario stay home except for essential purposes, while announcing that Toronto, Peel and Ottawa will return to a modified stage two reopening as of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 10.
In the three regions impacted by the measures, restaurants will no longer be open for indoor dining, gyms and fitness centres will be closed, casinos and bingo halls will be closed, as will movie theatres.
Schools will remain open as will daycare centres, but wedding receptions will be banned in the three regions as of Oct. 13.
Gathering limits will be capped at 24 for outdoor events and 10 indoors.
Other businesses that must close include:
- Performing arts centres and venues
- Spectator areas in racing venues
- Interactive exhibits or exhibits with high risk of personal contact in museums, galleries, zoos, science centres, landmarks
- Prohibiting personal care services where face coverings must be removed for the service
- Reducing the capacity limits for tour and guide services to 10 people indoors and 25 people outdoors
- Real Estate open houses to 10 people indoors, where physical distancing can be maintained
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