Restaurants would be fully open in Mississauga, Brampton if Ontario maintained the color-coded COVID-19 framework

It appears that restaurants and gyms in Mississauga and Brampton are getting the short end of the stick as Ontario enters in Step 2 of its reopening plan.

An effect of COVID-19 pandemic stress is that it is likely to shorten collective memory as any day can feel like a marathon. However, it’s worth noting that under the old province’s color-coded frame, restaurants are allowed to serve food for dinner and gyms are open.

For a quick refresher there was a color-coded one in Ontario from the beginning of November 2020 to April COVID-19 limit frames. That was fixed in April after the province plunged into the third wave of COVID-19.

There were two main criteria to be in Level Yellow – Protect, which had no restrictions. The first was a weekly incidence rate of 10 to 24.9 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population. The second was a positivity rate of 0.5 to 1.2 percent.

Areas in Ontario considered pandemic superstars – Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington, Renfrew County near Ottawa, and several other public health facilities in areas in midwestern and northern Ontario were at this level.

It’s worth noting that this was at a time before Ontario vaccinations began. That is far from the fact that more than 75 percent of people 12 and older are using a dose of dose COVID-19 vaccine and second-dose coverage for over 20 percent of adults.

Peel Region has got it under control in any case COVID-19 situation. The number of cases in the area has dropped to the low 20s per 100,000 residents, according to Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie. above an Instagram story.

“We continue to see tremendous improvements in our fight against COVID-19 “, explained Crombie on Friday. “The Peel Region now has an average of 21 cases per 100,000 (residents), which is less than 37 last week. Mississauga now has an average of 20 cases per 100,000, down from 34 in the past week.

“This is an incredible step up from what we achieved two months ago when we had, on average, ten times the number of cases we have today. “

The mayor also pointed out on Friday that the number of intensive care units was far fewer than in April and May.

And almost two weeks ago, on June 13th, the positivity rate of Peel was just over 2 percent and trending downwards, according to ICEs.on.ca, a non-profit research center.

The Mississauga and Brampton numbers, as well as vaccination coverage, have obviously traveled light years since the third wave’s darkest depths three months ago, in mid-April, when it had 280 cases per 100,000 and a positivity rate north of 20 percent.

The numbers suggest that the people of the area might deserve the reward of eating and exercising indoors. It is said that carrots work better than sticks.

(Graphic above ICES.on.approx.)