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(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Governor Tom Wolf announced earlier this week that all mitigation orders except for the masking order will be lifted on Memorial Day, May 31,2021. He also announced that the masking order will be lifted once 70 percent of Pennsylvania’s citizens 18 and older are fully vaccinated. Currently we are 27.3 percent away according to the numbers that were released Thursday May 7, 2021 by the Pa Department of Health. As of Thursday morning according to the CDC, Pennsylvania has administered first doses of vaccine to 51.2% of its entire population, and the state ranks 10th among all 50 states for first doses administered by percentage of population and 42.7% of Pennsylvanians age 18 and older are fully vaccinated. Pennsylvania ranks 5th among all 50 states for total doses administered.