States across the country initiated phase reopenings of businesses and operations after nation-wide shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Governments in different areas have outlined various plans for reopening, with many mandating masks in some spaces and enforcing rules that require limited visitors and social distancing.
New Hampshire’s Gov. Chris Sununu announced Friday the state will permit all restaurants to utilize 100% capacity for guests for indoor dining. The mandate is effective immediately across the state.
Effective immediately, restaurants can go to 100% capacity for indoor dining in all 10 counties in NH.
— Chris Sununu (@GovChrisSununu) August 21, 2020
Tables will still be required to be six feet apart, and all other public health guidelines remain in effect. pic.twitter.com/vLrn9aFYHZ
Sununu said restaurants are still required to place tables 6 feet apart. The requirement means restaurants likely cannot actually serve customers at 100% capacity when size of indoor spaces are considered.
New Hampshire reported the highest number of new cases in a single day May 2, when 124 new cases were reported. Cases are trending downward in the state, according to Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, which reported only 15 new cases in the state on Wednesday.
New Hampshire has had 7,050 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s in comparison to the more than 550,000 cases that have been reported in California, Florida and Texas individually.
State officials are still asking travelers who wish to visit New Hampshire from outside of New England to quarantine for 14 days.
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