N.J. restaurant, casino, spa, gym, amusement indoor capacities increase to 50% today

New Jersey’s coronavirus outbreak capacity limits for restaurants, bars, casinos, gyms, personal care services and amusement venues increase to 50% beginning Friday.

The increase from 35% to 50% for those businesses took effect at 6 a.m. and comes after a steady decline in new cases and hospitalizations since the start of the year, though both have started to rise again in the last week. Nearly 3.3 million vaccine doses have been administered in the state with more than 1.1 million people fully vaccinated.

The switch to a 50% capacity limit matches the change Murphy announced Feb. 22 for churc…