An illustration of the new coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19. Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control.

With the average COVID-19 positive test rate hovering around a pandemic-era low of 1 percent for the past week, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday that health metrics are “in a great place” even as he stressed the importance of continued vigilance against the highly infectious coronavirus.

Hospitals have reported “no issues managing the care of COVID-19 patients and other patients in need of medical services,” Baker said.

“While the statewide statistics are in a great place, there still are several communities that are struggling with the transmission of COVID,” Baker said at a press conference after touring MBTA maintenance projects. “That’s why we introduced a new system for color-coding and providing ramped-up resources and stricter enforcement in the communities that have higher levels of COVID. We continue to update that map every week, so the residents can remain vigilant and informed about what’s going on in their city or town. And while we’re certainly pleased with the progress that we’ve made with respect to the spread of COVID, everyone needs to keep in mind that we only get to this point through the actions of every resident employer, business, local official, state official, basically everyone.”

The governor also touted current testing levels, noting that the seven-day average for total tests conducted has surpassed 30,000 for “most of the past two weeks” compared to an average of about 11,000 in mid-June and 16,000 in mid-July.

In May, Baker outlined a goal of building out testing capacity to 45,000 per day by the end of July and 75,000 per day by the end of December.