The 10-county Northeast Health District added 290 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday, down sharply from the 561 cases added a week earlier, and 11 new confirmed deaths from the disease, down from 18 added last week.
Three of the confirmed deaths in the last week were in Clarke County.
The average number of added cases in the District was 41.1 per day, about half of the average of 80.1 for the week ending Nov. 5.
The average number of cases was down from the 65.5 average on Oct. 29.