Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday he will sign an order that limits private indoor gatherings effective at 6 a.m. Nov. 17, while outdoor gatherings will be restricted beginning next week.

Private indoor gatherings, which Murphy said are driving the vast majority of outbreaks, are limited to 10 people, down from 25.

Religious services and celebrations, political activities, weddings, funerals and other memorial services will be limited to 25% of a room’s capacity, limited to 150 people. Businesses like gyms, hair salons and indoor dining are still limited at 25% capacity.

Those private indoor gatherings, Murphy warned, are driving up the transmission of COVID-19. Masks are not worn and physical distancing is not followed at these gatherings.

“There’s just too many instances of folks gathering irresponsibly,” the governor said at a press briefing Monday in Trenton. “There’s no question that behind closed doors [enforcement is] harder, which is why we’re pleading with folks.”

Outdoor gatherings will be limited to 150 people, down from 500, and must adhere to the use of face coverings and social distancing. That goes into effect next Monday, so that event organizers can continue as planned with scheduled events rather than cancel them.

“Do we reserve the right to shut everything down? Sadly, we have to with these numbers,” the governor said during an appearance on WPIX.

Murphy recently introduced the first business restrictions in months in a bid to reverse the spread of the virus: a 10 p.m. curfew on indoor dining and a total ban on bar seating.

And he signed an order last week that allows towns and cities to place their own restrictions on non-essential businesses.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka last week enacted strict curfew and far-reaching shutdown orders for the three zip codes hardest hit by the virus.

“We have got to get back in front of this virus,” Murphy added. “I understand why there may be frustration with this step. But as we have been saying for weeks, this will not be a normal Thanksgiving. We are urging everyone to keep their Thanksgiving plans as small as possible.”

The state reported all-time record highs of new cases over the weekend – 4,395 on Saturday and 4,540 on Sunday – and 2,232 new cases on Monday. State health data shows more than 2,100 COVID-19 hospitalizations as of Monday.

Several hospitals were on temporary diversion status last week, meaning that for several hours they all beds were full and it could not accept new patients.

New Jersey’s positivity rate was 9.43%, compared to 8.47% a week ago and 3.06% a month early. The rate of transmission, or how fast the virus spreads, was 1.4.

State health data showed that 137 patients were on ventilators, still a far cry from the nearly 1,300 COVID-19 patients on April 30. There were 417 COVID-19 patients in the intensive care unit, compared to nearly 1,800 ICU patients on April 29.

“Our highest case counts are now no longer from when this virus first began rampaging across our communities. They have come now,” the governor added.

Even still, testing capacity during the first wave in April was roughly 4,000 a day, compared to between 15,000 and 55,000 daily, according to state health department data.

“We had no testing capacity in March and April,” the governor said.

All told, the state saw a combined 14,566 new cases of COVID-19 in the past five days.