Middlesex-London and Thunder Bay will move into the "orange" zone. Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit moves to the "yellow" category.

"Over the last seven days, we have seen the trends in key public health indicators continue to go in the wrong direction in these three regions," the health minister said.

Do workplaces have an obligation to reveal if an employee tests positive for COVID-19? It depends on a number of factors, says Peterborough Public Health's medical officer of health.

On Monday, Peterborough and the region went into a yellow zone — protect designation.

The yellow zone designation will be in effect for 28 days.

Seven more deaths were also reported, which occurred between Sept. 19 and 24. This brings the total COVID-19 death toll in Quebec to 5,821.