Bradey Duncan checks out a book from Alice Baptiste at the Butler Area Public Library on Tuesday. Gov. Tom Wolf is lifting all mitigation orders, except for wearing face masks, on Memorial Day.

Gov. Tom Wolf is lifting all COVID-19 mitigation orders, except face mask-wearing requirements, on Memorial Day.

Citing the number of people getting vaccinated against the coronavirus, Wolf announced Tuesday that mitigation orders will end May 31.

He said the mask-wearing mandate will be lifted when 70% of the state's 12.8 million residents are fully vaccinated.

“Pennsylvania's small business taverns and licensed restaurants are certainly ready for this change, as the past 14 months have been some of the worst in industry history,” said Chuck Moran, executive director of the Pennsylvania Licensed Beverage and Tavern Association. “There are countless stories of financial ruin and jobs lost. As many tavern owners know, it was the support of patrons ordering take-out or buying gift cards during the roughest days of mitigation orders that allowed many establishments to keep their heads above water.”

As of Tuesday, 3,592,845 people were fully vaccinated, and a seven-day average of more than 83,800 people are getting vaccinated every day, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A total of 8,754,703 doses have been administered, including 5,456,088 first and single doses and 3,298,615 second doses.

In the county, 20,922 people have been partially vaccinated and 65,632 people have been fully vaccinated.

The county saw 36 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday and more than 3,000 were reported statewide.

The new cases increased the county's total to 10,751 and the state's total to 1,161,619 since the pandemic began, according to the Department of Health.

About 27,806 of the cases in the state are among health care workers.

In nursing and personal care homes, 70,779 residents and 14,842 employees have COVID-19. Of the deaths in the state, 13,113 have occurred in residents of nursing or personal care facilities.

There are 2,151 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 484 in intensive care. The 14-day average number of people hospitalized per day is starting to decrease after peaking at 2,661 patients, which is slightly below what it was at the height of the spring 2020 peak of 2,751 patients in May 2020.

Two new deaths in the county raised the total to 408, and 58 new deaths statewide raised the total to 26,334 since the pandemic began.

Butler Area Public Library youth assistant Tristyn Parker sorts through books Tuesday. Gov. Tom Wolf is lifting all mitigation orders, except for wearing face masks, on Memorial Day.

Butler YMCA manager Allison Clarke lifts in the facility's weight room.