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Gogebic, Marinette counties see COVID jump

IRON MOUNTAIN — Local health officials added another COVID-19 positive each in Dickinson and Iron counties Thursday, but the biggest jumps in cases in the region came in Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula and Marinette County in Wisconsin.

Gogebic County’s count climbed by 14 on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services data site Thursday, while Marinette County’s total on Wisconsin’s COVID-19 data site rose by 15 cases to reach 272 to date — by far the most among counties in the region.

According to the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department, Dickinson County as of Thursday had 43 confirmed COVID-19 positives, with seven recovered, two deaths and 34 cases still active. Iron County has 17 positives, with five recovered, one death and 11 still active.

Other new positives in the Upper Peninsula on Thursday included nine in Menominee County and one each in Dickinson, Iron, Delta, Alger and Ontonagon counties, according to Michigan’s COVID-19 data site. The state did not yet appear to list the new Iron County case, though its count for Dickinson County matches the local tally.

For other Wisconsin counties in the region, state health officials listed three new positives in Vilas County, two new in Florence County and one new in Iron County.

As has happened in the past, local records for the Wisconsin counties differed from the state totals. The Florence County Health Department on its website Thursday listed a sixth case but not a seventh. On Facebook, the Vilas County Public Health Department reported three new cases for 32 total, while Forest and Iron counties each had one new case to reach 58 and 70, respectively.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services data site Thursday had Keweenaw County with two confirmed cases and one probable; Luce County with three confirmed cases; Ontonagon County, three confirmed and one probable; Alger County, four confirmed cases and two probable; Baraga County, five confirmed cases; Schoolcraft County, eight confirmed cases; Iron County, 16 confirmed cases and one death; Mackinac County, 16 confirmed cases and four probable; Chippewa County, 20 confirmed cases and seven probable; Houghton County, 40 confirmed cases and seven probable; Dickinson County, 43 confirmed cases, one probable and two deaths; Delta County, 51 confirmed cases, 14 probable and three deaths; Gogebic County, 72 confirmed cases, six probable and a death; Menominee County, 81 confirmed cases and five probable; and Marquette County, 112 confirmed cases, 10 probable and 11 deaths. State numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

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

Using strictly the state figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Thursday has had 478 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 18 deaths.

The MDHHS reported 715 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Michigan on Thursday for a total of 80,887. The state had 19 new deaths Thursday — including 14 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — for total of 6,191 to date.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Thursday listed Marinette County with 272 cases and three deaths; Iron County 69 cases and one death; Forest County 57 cases and four deaths; Vilas County 28 cases; and Florence County seven cases. As with the Michigan data, the state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin reported 1,059 new cases Thursday for a total of 52,108 to date, according to the state DHS data site. The state had eight new COVID-19 deaths Thursday to reach 919 to date.

Dickinson County Healthcare System as of Thursday showed 11 cases from Dickinson County and 11 cases from other counties; those counties are not identified. DCHS has tested 2,237 people for COVID-19, with 22 positive, 2,148 negative and 67 results still pending. DCHS noted there are several additional sources of testing in Dickinson County.

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