NHS Lanarkshire has announced less than 20 people remain in hospital with COVID.
The number of patients being treated in Wishaw, Hairmyres and Monklands with COVID has now dropped to 15, falling from a high of around 350 during the second half of January.
There is only one patient in ICU following a peak of 25 in late January.
The figures come as the health board announced the 'gentle remobilisation' of some non-urgent elective procedures.
As part of the gradual reintroduction of elective procedures, NHS Lanarkshire is increasing the number of endoscopy procedures over the coming weeks. Patients will be kept informed of any new appointment or cancellation.
Judith Park, NHS Lanarkshire director of acute services, said the health board was "now in a position to gradually and safely restart some non-urgent elective care".
She told Lanarkshire Live : “Due to all the infection prevention and control measures required in our hospitals to ensure the safety of staff and patients, there are still a number of challenges in restarting services and we are asking the public for their continued patience and understanding.
“As part of our initial gentle remobilisation, we will be increasing our capacity over the next couple of weeks for endoscopy procedures for patients in a low-risk pathway – patients who are asymptomatic, have isolated at home for a short period prior to the treatment and have no known contact with a COVID case.”
The decision was taken in January to temporarily postpone all non-urgent elective procedures and a targeted range of outpatient appointments.
A number of clinically urgent and priority procedures were not affected.
This allowed NHS Lanarkshire to focus acute service delivery on COVID-19 inpatients and emergency care.
Treatments for urgent cancer care remained in place and all three acute sites continue to operate an emergency service for theatres and diagnostics.
