The province is expected to announce if Niagara will be moving to a different level of the COVID-19 restriction system today.
As of this morning, Niagara is still in the 'Orange' protect level, but as cases continue to rise many officials believe it is unlikely the region will stay there.
"Even before we had the numbers from this weekend, we were at the point where our average number of cases per week was high enough that the province was likely going to be looking at putting us into the Red level. I think that becomes an even more foregone conclusion after this weekend."
The criteria to put a region into the 'Red' level includes 2.5 percent positivity or more, repeated outbreaks in multiple sectors, hospital capacity at risk of being overwhelmed, and a weekly incidence rate of 40 per 100,000.
The announcement from the province will come later today.