The Minneapolis Downtown Council on Monday said that more than half of downtown workers have returned to their offices at some level.

While the number of office workers per week is increasing, many are not returning for a full five-day workweek. As of April 11, approximately 53 percent of employees working in downtown’s largest buildings had returned “in some capacity,” up from 41 percent in February.

The downtown council is tracking general return to office, keying in on the heaviest days of workforce return: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, according to an email from the council.

Downtown hotel capacity was at 46.8 percent the week of March 27 through April 2. Seated diners at restaurants were up 50 percent from this time last year. Light-rail users were up 45.8 percent.

While the future of in-person work remains murky, many people still want to live and work downtown, the council has said. Last month, a handful of building owners in downtown Minneapolis hosted a weeklong campaign to celebrate the return of in-person work.

Downtown’s population grew by 5.6 percent to 56,077 residents in 2021, council officials said in February. That followed another small population bump in 2020.