(Graphic: Department of Health and Human Services)
Many of the state's remaining pandemic activity rules are in the rear-view mirror today.
Attendance ceilings for outside events, such as Tigers baseball, weddings and concerts, are gone under a May 15 health department order. Restaurants, bars and other inside attractions can increase capacity for customers to 50% from the current 25% limit, and common areas for pool tables and dancing can reopen. Tables can seat more than six people and needn't be six feet apart.
Remember this? (Photo: Detroit Tigers)
An 11 p.m. curfew also is lifted, letting bars and restaurants stay open three hours longer. Non-vaccinated people still are supposed to wear masks when not eating or drinking -- an honor system guideline.
The Tigers had been limited to 8,200 fans through last weekend's series with the New York Yankees. When the team returns for home games June 8-10 against the Seattle Mariners and June 11-13 against the Chicago White Sox, the club can sell all Comerica Park seats.
"We can’t wait to celebrate with 41,083 of our closest friends," a Tigers' social media manager posts two weeks ago with the back-when photo above.
Changes also affect office workers, The Detroit News notes today:
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration is loosening restrictions on Covid-19 workplace rules, making it easier for businesses to resume in-person work. ... Employers may allow fully vaccinated employees to go without face coverings and social distancing indoors as long as they have policies to ensure non-vaccinated people continue to follow the state's requirements.
All Covid restrictions end July 1, barring a serious setback in infection rates.
Just over 60 percent of all Michiganians 16 and older have now received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows. Not coincidentally, Michigan coronavirus cases and deaths have fallen for seven weeks in a row.
