Statewide mask mandate extended through end of September

Statewide mask mandate extended through end of September

Gov.

Tate Reeves has extended his COVID-19 executive order, with some changes for restaurants, retailers and gyms.

START WITH SCOTT.GOVERNOR YOU SAID HE WASN’TREADY.MICHELLE SAID THEY WANT PEOPLETO WEAR THEIR MASKS AND CONTINUESOCIAL DISTANCING THE EXECUTIVEORDERS ABOUT TO EXPIRE.ARE YOU GOING TO EXTEND THAT INLIGHT OF TO WANT EVERYBODY TOKEEP DOING IT?SO WE ACTUALLY EXTENDED THEEXECUTIVE ORDER.I SIGNED IT LATE YESTERDAYAFTERNOON.THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS CONCERNEDIS EXTENDED UNTIL THE END OFTHIS MONTH IN TERMS OF THESTATEWIDE MASK MANDATE THE WEDID MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES TO THEEO.OUI.MADE THE DECISION TO ALLOW.FOR EXAMPLE RESTAURANTS TOINCREASE THEIR CAPACITYLIMITATIONS FROM WHAT WAS 50% TO75% WE ALLOWED RESTAURANTS TOINCREASE THERE TOTAL SIZE OF ANINDIVIDUAL PARTY WHICH WASLIMITED TO 6.IT IS NOW LIMITED TO 10.WE’RE AT WHERE THEY CAN WEARTHOSE RESTAURANTS ARE OF HAVETHE ABILITY TO HAVE THEIR TABLESSPACED OUT BY 6 FEET IN ADDITIONTO THAT.WE ALSO ALLOWED OTHER PRIVATESECTOR ENTITIES LIKE RETAILOPERATIONS AS WELL AS GYMS.TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITYLIMITATIONS FROM WHAT WAS 50% TO70% WE HAVE HAD A TREMENDOUS.MOVE WHICH PROGRESS IN OUR STATESINCE WE REACHED OUR PEAK ONJUNE THE 26TH.WE HAD A SEVEN DAY MOVINGAVERAGE OF 1381 CASES PER DAY.SEVEN DAY ON JUNE THE 26TH.TODAY, THAT NUMBER ISAPPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED ANDTWELVE SO OVER A 65 PERCENTDECLINE IN OUR DAILY SEVEN-DAYAVERAGE WEEKLY SEVEN-DAYAVERAGE, BUT WE’RE NOT DONE YET.TODAY’S NUMBER OF CASES OFSLIGHTLY OVER A HUNDRED ANDFORTY WAS THE LOWEST NUMBER OFCASES WE’VE HAD IN RECENTMEMORY.AND SO WE ARE SEEING TREMENDOUSPROGRESS.AND BY THE WAY, I WANT TO POINTOUT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THATAT A TIME WHEN WE REOPEN KTHROUGH 12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT ATIME WHEN WE REOPEN OURCOMMUNITY COLLEGES AT A TIMEWHEN WE REOPEN OUR INSTITUTIONSOF HIGHER LEARNING AT A TIMEWHEN THE VAST MAJORITY OFPRIVATE SECTOR ENTITIES WHILETHEY MAY HAVE HAD LIMITEDRESTRICTIONS ON THEM.THEY WERE OPERATIONAL THEY WEREFUNCTIONAL OUR ECONOMY ISFUNCTIONING BUT YET BECAUSE OFTHE EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE OFTHIS STATE WE ARE MAKINGPROGRESS NOT ONLY FROM ANECONOMIC STANDPOINT, BUT ALSOFROM THE STANDPOINT.OF REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF VIRUSTHAT IS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIESAND SO WE DID EXTEND THEEXECUTIVE ORDER