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Covid-19

State lists new COVID death in Dickinson County

Dickinson County had one of the five new confirmed deaths in the Upper Peninsula blamed on COVID-19 in the past week, even as virus activity held steady in the area for the seven-day period, state health data showed. Dickinson County also recorded 15 new confirmed virus positives since March ...

State data shows Iron County adds virus death

Iron County had one of the three new deaths in the Upper Peninsula blamed on COVID-19 in the past week, state health data showed. Dickinson County recorded 17 new confirmed virus positives since March 21, five fewer than the previous week, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan ...

COVID numbers hold steady in region

Coronavirus activity in the region held steady for the past week, state health data showed. Dickinson County recorded 22 new confirmed virus positives since March 14, one fewer than the previous week, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan Department of Health and Human ...

Superbug fungus cases rose dramatically during pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. cases of a dangerous fungus tripled over just three years, and more than half of states have now reported it, according to a new study. The COVID-19 pandemic likely drove part of the increase, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrote in the ...

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

BEIJING (AP) — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say. “These ...

State reports Dickinson virus death

Dickinson County had the Upper Peninsula’s only confirmed death blamed on COVID-19 for the past week, according to state data, even as virus activity declined slightly for the region. Dickinson County for the week recorded 23 new confirmed virus positives since March 7, two fewer than ...