After two weeks of no new COVID-19 deaths, Long Beach health officials Tuesday reported five, for a total of 1,027 since the onset of the pandemic 19 months ago.

The last time the city went two weeks without reporting a coronavirus death was in late June, just after the state fully reopened on June 15. Weeks after the reopening, deaths became more regular—though never nearing winter surge levels—until the city reached 1,000 deaths on Sept. 16.

Key metrics used by the city to measure the prominence of the virus in Long Beach are well below the recent summer surge levels and seem to have leveled off. The number of daily cases per 100,000 residents has settled in at about 10.5, while the city’s seven-day positivity rate is hovering around 1.7%.

Both metrics, however, remain well above pre-reopening lows, when daily cases per 100,000 dipped to 1, and the seven-day positivity rate reached 0.6%.

Hospitalizations also have leveled off, according to city data. As of Monday, 43 people were admitted to Long Beach area hospitals, down from 138 in late August and 581 on Jan. 12, the height of the pandemic.

City officials Tuesday reported 129 new cases of coronavirus, which includes Saturday, Sunday and Monday figures. By comparison, the two previous Tuesday figures, which also included the three days, saw 60 and 39 new cases reported.

As cases, hospitalizations, deaths and other metrics continue to ease, health officials continue urging the public to get vaccinated, even as health workers are fired or put on administrative leave for failing to comply with state vaccine mandates.

In Long Beach, just under 70% of eligible residents ages 12 and up have been fully inoculated against the virus as of Sunday. Of eligible residents, just under 79% have received at least one dose of a vaccine.