The 10-county Northeast Health District added 1,367 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday, down from 1,904 a week earlier, and 27 new confirmed deaths from the disease, down from 35 last week.
Five of the confirmed deaths were in Clarke County.
The average number of added cases in the District was 195.3 per day, compared with 272.0 per day in the week ending Sept. 24.