As the city continues to reopen, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that starting June 11, 90% of the available seats at Mets home games at Citi Field will go to vaccinated people.

The governor said Wednesday that 32,500 fans will be allowed to attend Mets games starting with the first game after the Mets return home from their current road trip. According to Cuomo, 29,500 of those seats will be for vaccinated fans only, and the other 3,000 will be for unvaccinated fans.

“If you’re vaccinated, you can seat people next to each other. If people are not vaccinated, you have to socially distance, you have to leave seats in between. That reduces the capacity for the venues,” Cuomo said. “The venues want a full venue. They want the revenue from a full venue. The entertainer wants the full venue. The sports team wants the full venue.” 

Under state guidelines, a venue or stadium can forgo social distancing requirements if all attendees are vaccinated, or by separating sections for vaccinated and unvaccinated people.

“The players want a full crowd,” said Cuomo. “You will see other sports teams starting to do that.”

Last month, the Mets started allowing full capacity in a small number of vaccinated sections, and 33% capacity in unvaccinated sections.

The continued reopening comes as New York, once a leader in coronavirus cases during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, recorded the lowest coronavirus positive rate of any state in the country over the last day, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced. 

The state's one-day COVID case rate stood at 0.64%, Cuomo said. But positive rates continue to vary by region.