Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced yesterday that he is amending the statewide mask mandate.
Instead of a blanket mask mandate, he will be allowing local leaders and business owners to set their own policies regarding masks.
While local governments and businesses can set their own mandates. Masks will still be required in K-12 schools, colleges and universities, public transit, state buildings, and healthcare facilities. Edwards said he thought it was time to do it, with deaths decreasing and hospitalizations very low and stable.
Restrictions were also eased for concert venues and facilities where sporting events are held. For theaters, event spaces, festivals and fairs, and other outdoor events, there will be no limitations on outdoor capacity. Indoors, a facility may choose to operate at 75 percent capacity while enforcing six feet of social distancing or at 100 percent capacity with masking required and enforced. For indoor sporting events, capacity is limited to 75 percent of capacity with social distancing or 100 percent capacity if a mask mandate is enforced at the venue. Capacity will not be limited outdoors.
