As of Friday, the region's pandemic case tally stands at 6,143, of which 5,871 have resolved and 181 have died. The most recent death occurred on Feb. 12.

Under orange-restrict, capacity limits relating to indoor and outdoor gatherings, restaurants and bars, retail, sports and recreation facilities, and other sectors are increased.

The province's screening tool now says that if a student or one of their family members has a single COVID-19 symptom, they need to stay home.

The first phase of the initiative will see performances broadcast from various music venues in the city. Five free Saturday night concerts have been announced so far.

London-Middlesex returned to the red-control tier of the framework on Tuesday as it left the provincewide stay-at-home order put in place last month.

The region's pandemic case tally stands at 6,055, of which 5,742 have resolved and 181 people have died. The most recent death was reported on Saturday.

The last time London and Middlesex saw three consecutive days of single-digit COVID-19 case increases was on Oct. 31, Nov. 1, and Nov. 2, according to health unit figures.

The move to red has garnered a mix of responses, with some feeling it's still too restrictive and others concerned about backsliding into higher COVID-19 case counts.

The announcement comes ahead of a large shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine that is expected this week, local health officials said.

Tuesday's numbers bring the region's COVID-19 case tally to 6,033, of which 5,695 have resolved. At least 181 people have died, most recently on Saturday.