Ontario health officials recommended on Monday that children do not trick-or-treat door-to-door this Halloween for the regions currently in modified Stage 2, as the second wave of COVID-19 remains in full swing.

As of Monday, Toronto, Ottawa, Peel and York regions are all in a modified Stage 2 due to high volumes of COVID-19 cases.

Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, made the recommendation while also providing safer alternatives families can choose to do instead.

Families are urged to have their children participate in virtual Halloween parties, a candy hunt in their own households, carve pumpkins, have a movie night and/or decorate their front lawns.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford also stated that “we need to work together this Halloween to protect Christmas and the holiday season."

The province reported 704 new cases of the virus on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 65,075.

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