Pennsylvania will lift its COVID-19 face mask-wearing order by June 28, the state Department of Health said Thursday.

Citing vaccination data showing 52.7% of the 18-and-older population are fully vaccinated and 97.7% of people over age 65 have received at least one dose of vaccine, Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam said the mask mandate will be lifted by June 28 or when 70% of all adults receive their second doses.

“After reviewing the vaccination data for people 18 and over and discussing it with the COVID-19 Vaccine Legislative Task Force, we have determined that the commonwealth's mask order can be lifted on June 28 or when 70% of adults get their second dose, whichever comes first,” Beam said.

“Yesterday, we hit a milestone with 70% of adults receiving at least one dose of vaccine. That's a strong indicator that we are on track to get at least that many getting both doses by the end of June.”

All Pennsylvanians age 12 and older are eligible for a vaccine. Vaccination locations can be found at Vaccines.gov, also known as Vaccine Finder.

The health department reported that 80,262 people in the county are fully vaccinated and 14,347 are partially vaccinated.

Statewide, 4,589,247 people are fully vaccinated and 1,589,315 people are partially vaccinated. A total of 10,385,967 doses have been administered, including 6,178,562 first and single doses and 4,207,405 second doses.

The Butler Health System is accepting walk-ins for vaccinations at its clinics at the Clearview Mall and Clarion Hospital.

Six new cases of the coronavirus and one new death were reported Thursday in the county. Since the pandemic began, 11,112 people in the county have contracted COVID-19 and 415 have died.

Across the state, 941 new case raised the total to 1,199,536, and 40 new deaths bring the total to 27,163.

In nursing and personal care homes, there are 71,697 cases among residents and 15,369 among employees. Of the deaths in the state, 13,270 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care homes.

Also on Thursday, Beam amended the skilled nursing facilities case and death data reporting order transitioning from daily reporting requirements to weekly. The move is intended to improve data integrity reported by facilities and provide one comprehensive report on a weekly basis to reflect the impact of COVID-19 on those facilities.

About 28,677 of the cases in the state are among health care workers.

There are 1,172 people hospitalized, including 296 in intensive care. The 14-day average number of people hospitalized per day is falling after peaking at 2,661 patients, which is slightly below what it was at the height of the peak in May 2020.