Knock on wood, but the “mini-wave” of COVID-19 appears to be ebbing in Ocean County.

The Ocean County Health Department had reported 2,815 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 for the week of May 25 to 31. That was up from 1,806 for the week of May 19 to 25, 1,229 for the period of May 5 to 18 and from 650 from April 22 to May 4.