NOLA Announces Updates To Modified Phase Two Guidelines Allowing Bars To Open Indoors

New Orleans LA

19 February, 2021

2:17 PM

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From the City of New Orleans: February 17, 2021 The City of New Orleans has announced new COVID-19 guidelines will go into effect at 6 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 19, allowing bars and breweries to resume indoor service at 25% of their permitted occupancy. Since the City eased restrictions and reentered a Modified Phase Two on Jan. 29, 2021, the case counts, positivity rate, and transmission rate in New Orleans have all decreased, allowing for further easing of some restrictions. In line with the State of Louisiana emergency order, bars and breweries will be allowed to operate indoors at 25% capacity as long as the positivity rate in Orleans Parish remains below 5%. Bars can only be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., per state proclamation. Recent local and national cases of the UK, South African, and Brazilian variant strains of SARS-COV-2 continue to cause concern for local public health officials. Therefore, the current limit on gathering sizes for parties, special events, weddings, etc., will remain as is – indoor gatherings limited 10 people and outdoor gatherings limited to 25 with masking and social distancing required in both settings. These Modified Phase Two guidelines will be in place for a minimum of three weeks beginning Feb. 19, 2021, at 6 a.m. To view COVID-19 data trends in Orleans Parish, visit ready.nola.gov/data and to read more about guidelines, visit ready.nola.gov/restrictions. This press release was produced by the City of New Orleans. The views expressed are the author's own.