NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New Jersey's stay-at-home order is being lifted, as are other restrictions, including the number of people permitted at indoor and outdoor gatherings, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday afternoon.
"BREAKING: Today I'm signing an Executive Order LIFTING OUR STAY-AT-HOME ORDER," he tweeted. "Please continue to be responsible and safe. Wear face coverings and keep a social distance from others when out in public."
As part of the executive order, pools will reopen on June 22, Murphy tweeted. The order also reopens "all outdoor recreational and entertainment businesses that were previously closed — with the exceptions of amusement parks, water parks, and arcades."
He also tweeted, "BREAKING: I'm signing an EO RAISING THE LIMIT ON INDOOR AND OUTDOOR GATHERINGS. Effective immediately: Indoor gatherings will be permitted at whichever number is lower – 25% of a building's capacity or 50 people total. Limit on outdoor gatherings will be raised to 100 people."
The executive order "allows for greater indoor religious services" and "explicitly allows outdoor gatherings of more than 100 persons for First Amendment-protected outdoor activities — such as political protests or outdoor religious services," he tweeted.
Murphy also plans to raise the limit on non-protest and non-religious activities to 250 people on June 22 and 500 people on July 3, he said.
"School districts planning graduations should prepare for a 500-person limit to be in place by the time graduations can resume on July 6th," he tweeted.
Murphy on Tuesday reported 91 new COVID-19 deaths and 375 new cases, bringing the state's death toll to 12,303 and the number of positive cases in the state to 164,796.
As of Monday evening, 1,736 people in the state were hospitalized with COVID-19, 373 of whom were on ventilators. Tuesday marked the sixth straight day that hospitalizations were below 2,000, Murphy said.
