(WWJ) -- Big changes are in store for Michigan this week as the state continues on a path back to normalcy.
On Tuesday, June 1, the state will begin to loosen COVID restrictions, most notably lifting all outdoor capacity limits at all venues, including stadiums and concert venues.
Indoor restaurants and bars will also be able to operate at 50% capacity, the 11:00 p.m. curfew will be lifted, and there will no longer be a limit on the number of guests allowed to dine at a table.
Additionally, starting today, venues can now set their own rules for weddings and other large gatherings.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has mandated that unvaccinated Michiganders will still be required to wear masks through the end of the month, but beginning on July 1, the state’s broad mask mandate and gatherings order will be lifted entirely.
“We will lift the broad mask and gatherings order and will no longer impose broad mitigation measures during the pandemic," Whitmer said in a statement on May 20. "Unless, of course, unanticipated circumstances arise. We do not expect that to happen -- we look at this as the last moment of these types of orders.”
Whitmer adjusted her original “Vacc to Normal” reopening plan after the CDC’s recommendation earlier in May that fully-vaccinated Americans no longer have to wear masks.
Based on the CDC data tracker, which was last updated on Friday, May 28, 58.6% of Michigan residents 16 and older have received at least their first dose of a COVID vaccine, and 49.1% of residents 16 and older are fully vaccinated.