Gov. Kay Ivey allows entertainment venues to reopen despite spike in new cases.
Movie theaters, casinos and a host of entertainment venues across the state of Alabama will be able to reopen starting at 5 p.m. Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey decreed in an executive order even though coronavirus case numbers are spiking across Alabama, with the highest single-day total of new cases reported Thursday since the pandemic began and as ICUs have filled up in the state’s capital city of Montgomery....
State Championship game between the Thompson Warriors and Central-Phenix City Red Devils on December 4, 2019 at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama. , issued Thursday, allows for entertainment venues to open indoor areas at 50% of approved capacity starting Friday at 5 p.m., and allows some athletic activities to resume on Saturday.
The executive order came a day after Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed said at a news conference that the city’s healthcare system had been “,” with some coronavirus patients needing treatment being sent to hospitals in Birmingham, some 90 miles north. But coronavirus cases in Birmingham — the state’s largest city — have also spiked, with the cumulative case total upStatewide, the new case rate over a 7- and 14-day period has risen this week compared to last week, with 14 new deaths reported since Wednesday, bringing the overall death toll in the state to 536., Ivey’s order does not exclude hotspots like Montgomery and Birmingham, allowing businesses to reopen there just as they would in rural parts of the state.
Alabama started allowing restaurants and bars to reopen May 11, along with gyms, salons and a few other businesses, and Reed has blamed the serious situation in Montgomery on the governor’s decision to reopen, saying “that’s definitely a part ofIvey also issued an emergency declaration allowing evictions toLike much of the U.S.
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