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One restriction that won't ease up is the current requirement that taverns, nightclubs and restaurants all close at midnight.
Starting on Monday, September 28, the following changes go into place:
- Restaurants, taverns, nightclubs and food establishments can have up to 50 percent indoor capacity and 100 percent outdoor capacity.
- Restaurants and taverns will continue to be closed at midnight.
- Museum, cultural sites, music venues and other similar businesses are now able to open to 50 percent capacity.
- Gyms, fitness centers and similar businesses can also expand to 50 percent capacity.
- Live entertainment can resume at taverns, clubs and performance venues with certain social distancing precautions in place. A 10-foot buffer should be maintained between the stage and audiences, as well as audiences social distancing themselves.
- Assisted living facilities may be open to indoor visitation.
- Funeral homes and churches can have indoor services at 75 percent capacity.
- Outdoor services can operate at 100 percent capacity.
Mayor Hogsett said the seven-day moving average rate for all tests has fallen from 5.6 percent at the beginning of the month to 4.8 percent as of Thursday, Sept. 24.