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COVID-19 cases reach 67 in UP, 32,000 in Michigan

The Upper Peninsula as of Monday afternoon had 67 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 10 deaths, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

In Marquette, the Norlite Nursing Center reported two more residents and another employee have tested positive for the virus over the weekend, including the first from a unit outside the one that initially had the outbreak.

“This means that the coronavirus has spread outside of the isolated units, and it is likely that it must have been transmitted unintentionally by an employee,” the facility posted on its Facebook page Monday. “We can’t stress infection control enough, and we will now be closely watching the 400 hall for the next 12-plus days for any others showing symptoms.”

The Facebook post also noted a resident who tested positive two weeks ago had died. “He was 92 and was very beloved by our staff,” the post added.

The facility has had 13 residents test positive for COVID-19 along with six employees. As of April 20, five residents of the facility have died from the coronavirus.

The center did note some progress: the 200 Unit where the virus first surfaced has not had a new case in more than eight days.

Marquette County leads the Upper Peninsula with 32 COVID-19 cases and sixth deaths. Elsewhere, MDHHS data shows Menominee and Luce each have a single COVID-19 case; Houghton and Chippewa counties each had two cases; Schoolcraft and Dickinson counties each have three cases, with two deaths in Dickinson County; Mackinac and Gogebic counties have four cases, with a death in Gogebic; and Delta County has 13 cases and a death.

The MDHHS also separately lists prison inmates as positive in Luce and Chippewa counties.

U.P. counties with no COVID-19 cases so far are Iron, Baraga, Keweenaw, Alger and Ontonagon.

The MDHHS reported 576 new COVID-19 cases in the state Monday afternoon, with a total of 32,000 to date. The state had 77 new deaths for a total of 2,468 to date.

Dickinson County Healthcare System lists two county residents testing positive at its facilities, with two deaths, along with five positives from other counties; those counties were not identified. DCHS has tested 138 people for COVID-19, with seven positive, 124 negative and seven results still pending.

In Wisconsin, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site by county showed five positive cases and a death in Marinette County and two positives in Florence County. Wisconsin’s Iron County has two cases with a death. Vilas County has four cases while Forest County has yet to have a positive case with 37 tests done so far.

Statewide, Wisconsin has recorded 4,499 cases of COVID-19 and 230 deaths as of Monday afternoon.

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