Here’s where Hamilton falls on Ontario’s new colour coded COVID-19 framework
- Michael Kras
- 05 Nov 2020
The Ontario government has just introduced a new tiered framework for classifying different regions of the province regarding their status with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each tier indicates which health & safety measures need to be implemented in specific municipalities and regions in line with their management of COVID-19.
#HamOnt, Halton and Brant face “strengthened measures” as they moved up a rung on the province’s new tiered response to #COVID-19 @jfrketich reports https://t.co/CxkQIs6IhZ
— Hamilton Spectator (@TheSpec) November 4, 2020
The Green tier is the most optimal, which reflects the broadest possible allowance of activities in Stage Three without the current availability of treatment or a vaccine for the virus.
The next tier up is Yellow, which features enhanced targeted enforcement of health & safety restrictions, possible fines, and enhanced public education to help avoid further transmission. Beyond that is Orange, which sees enhanced measures and restrictions implemented, including some closures if necessary.
In worse scenarios, the Red tier would indicate the need for broader measures and restrictions to help control transmission, with the more severe restrictions available short of out-and-out lockdowns and closures.
Finally, the Grey tier would see widescale measures and lockdowns implemented, including closures, and would constitute a declaration of emergency.
While Hamilton isn’t even close to being in the intense Grey tier, it isn’t in the fully relaxed Green either. Currently, the city is sitting in the Yellow zone, indicating that Hamilton has some work to do to manage transmission of COVID-19 locally.
If locals continue to do their part by staying home when possible, not gathering in groups of people outside of their households, wearing masks in public, and washing hands frequently, let’s hope Hamilton’s status moves in the right direction!
Currently, Hamilton has 221 active cases of COVID-19, with an overall total of 1,936 since the start of the pandemic. 48 of those cases resulted in deaths.
Read more about Ontario’s new tiered COVID-19 classification framework here.
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