Adrian, MI – Michigan is fully open again. After facing 15 months of capacity restrictions and being hit by the country’s worst surge of coronavirus infections this spring, restaurants, entertainment businesses and other venues can operate at 100% occupancy — instead of 50% — starting today.
Limits on large indoor gatherings such as weddings and funerals are gone. So is a broad requirement that the unvaccinated be masked indoors, a rule that remains in about a dozen states. Unvaccinated teen athletes will no longer have to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.
Michigan is among the last states to lift gathering caps, which has frustrated the business community. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and public health officials say the restrictions were needed until enough people could be vaccinated.
Whitmer still urged people to get vaccinated and wants the state’s rate up to at least 70%.
Roughly 61% of residents ages 16 and older have received at least one shot. Michigan’s seven-day daily case average, 146, was last this low in March 2020.
Gyms are among businesses hoping to rebound. They were closed for nearly six months and, when a second wave came last fall, were ordered to ban group classes. They have operated at limited capacity when open.
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