The announcement comes as Florida's Department of Health reported 2,583 cases of COVID-19 with 211 deaths on Thursday.
Florida will allow bars to reopen at half-capacity starting on Monday, Secretary of Department of Business and Professional Regulation Halsey Beshears announced on Thursday.
"I would say that's one of the best bits of news I've heard in a while,'' John Cheek, president of Orlando Brewing Co. told the Orlando-Sentinel about the ban being lifted. "It would be good to get back to some sense of normalcy." At the time of the June 26 ban, the state recorded 8,942 new positive cases, and cases still continued to surge until they peaked with 15,000 new cases recorded on July 12.
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