Coronavirus cases are creeping up across California after nearly two months of stagnancy, marked by increases in daily case average and the state’s test positivity rate.

As of Sunday, California reported a seven-day average of about new daily 4,162 cases, as compared to 2,941 two weeks ago — a jump of about 41%, according to data compiled by this news organization. Meanwhile, the state’s 14-day average test positivity rate has climbed to 3.2%, a steady uptick after remaining below 3% for almost all of October.

The test positivity rate tracks the proportion of positive coronavirus tests among all those performed. On Sep. 25th, the 14-day average dropped below 3% and remained there until Oct. 27th — climbing to 3.1% on Friday and 3.2% on Saturday, the most recent day for which the state reported data.

California’s seven-day average case number was briefly inflated in late October after Los Angeles reported more than 6,300 backlogged tests. But the seven-day average no longer reflects that artificial increase, nor does the date two weeks ago from which cases have climbed more than 40%.

The increases come after a long period of relative stability in California’s case numbers that lasted throughout most of September and October. And while cases are rising, the totals in no way resemble the caseload peak that horrified the state in mid-summer: The 4,162 daily case average is less than half the 9,856 daily average cases reported on July 12, which was followed by a peak of more than 7,000 hospitalizations about a week later.

Now, 2,358 people are hospitalized with the virus, on par with the past few months. And on Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom also cautioned against panic, noting that because the test positivity rate has not jumped dramatically from around 3%, some of the higher caseload is likely due to a commensurate rise in testing. On Friday, he opened a new testing lab in Southern California’s Valencia, which will add about 40,000 tests to the state’s prior daily capacity of about 120,000.

In the Bay Area, all counties are reporting 14-day test positivity rate below 3%, with San Francisco at just 0.9% — the lowest rate of any major metro area in the U.S. Still, the county has tracked small increases in its daily case rate and hospitalizations over the past few weeks, prompting officials to put the brakes on reopening further as of Friday; restaurants and other indoor spaces may host a maximum of 25% of their capacity, as compared to 50% as the state would otherwise allow.

California as a whole remains much better off compared to the U.S. as a whole and other states. The U.S.’s seven-day positivity rate is about 6.6%, according to Johns Hopkins University of Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center, with states like Wyoming and Iowa reporting whopping rates of 43% and 36%, respectively. Neighboring states are faring better, but still worse than California: Oregon’s test positivity rate is about 7.8%, while Nevada’s is nearly 10% and Arizona’s is 11.7%.

Deaths have continued to steadily drop off statewide since peaking in early August, with a seven-day average of 45 deaths as of Sunday. With averages hitting 43 and 44 last week, the state is now reporting the fewest deaths since the second week of April.

Since the pandemic started, the state has reported more than 926,000 positive cases, with 17,667 total deaths.

Evan Webeck contributed to this report.