COVID-19 response framework.The change, which will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday, comes after the province announced Friday that it would lower the framework’s thresholds for imposing stricter measures in the wake of alarming new case projections, and criticism over the framework’s original thresholds.The projections, unveiled Thursday, found that the province is on track to see upwards of 6,000 new daily cases of the coronavirus by the middle of December.The change also comes amid a surge in cases reported in London and Middlesex in recent weeks.
The region has seen at least 180 cases since the start of the month, and set a new single-day case record just this past Sunday.