The state’s COVID-19 data site this weekend listed two new positives for Dickinson County and one new for Iron County.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ site this weekend added 26 new cases in the Upper Peninsula, including nine in Gogebic County, four in Menominee and Delta counties, three in Marquette County, two in Dickinson and Mackinac counties, and one each in Iron and Houghton counties.

On the Wisconsin side of the region, state health officials recorded 23 new positives in Marinette County, 18 new cases in Iron County and two new cases in Forest County. The state’s data site also reduced Florence County’s count by one, to bring it back to five positives.

The Iron County Health Department posted on its Facebook page Saturday it had reached 57 cases, three fewer than the state was showing Sunday.

“Results are coming in today from the Thursday National Guard testing in Hurley,” the department said. “Please answer your phone as you may receive a call from a 608 area code. They will attempt to call three times. Interviews and contact tracing is completed by Iron County Health Department staff on all positive cases.”

For the Upper Peninsula, the MDHHS data site Sunday had Keweenaw County with two confirmed virus cases; Ontonagon County with two confirmed cases and one probable; Luce County three confirmed cases; Alger County three confirmed cases and two probable; Baraga County with five confirmed cases; Schoolcraft County with eight confirmed cases; Iron County 13 confirmed cases and one death; Mackinac County 15 confirmed cases and one probable; Chippewa County 19 confirmed cases and seven probable; Houghton County 35 confirmed cases and seven probable; Dickinson County 41 confirmed cases, one probable and two deaths; Delta County 47 confirmed cases, 13 probable and three deaths; Gogebic County 51 confirmed cases, six probable and a death; Menominee County 64 confirmed cases and five probable; and Marquette County 106 confirmed cases, seven 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 Sunday has had 416 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 18 deaths.

The MDHHS reported 437 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Michigan on Saturday and 1,041 on Sunday for a total of 76,978 to date.

The state had 14 new deaths Saturday, including eight that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS. However, the MDHHS also decreased the state death total by 16 on Saturday, explaining on its data site that manual data entry errors were discovered during a data quality assessment review of death. With no new deaths Sunday, the state’s revised total for deaths is 6,149.

“The errors in death ascertainment occurred during local case investigations and involved mistakenly indicating individuals as being deceased who were not,” the MDHHS stated, adding, “Reviews are being conducted as part of ongoing efforts to ensure data quality and accurate case and death reporting in Michigan.”

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state DHS COVID-19 data site Sunday listed Marinette County with 226 cases and three deaths; Forest County with 57 cases and four deaths; Iron County 60 cases and one death; Vilas County 22 cases; and Florence County five cases. As with the Michigan data, the state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin reported 953 new cases Saturday and 957 Sunday for a total of 48,827 to date, according to the state DHS data site. The state had 13 new COVID-19 deaths Saturday but only one Sunday to reach 892 to date.

According to the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department, Dickinson County as of Wednesday had 36 confirmed COVID-19 positives, with five recovered, two deaths and 29 cases still active. Iron County has 10 positives, with four recovered, one death and five still active.

Dickinson County Healthcare System as of Friday showed six cases from Dickinson County and 10 cases from other counties; those counties are not identified. DCHS has tested 2,047 people for COVID-19, with 16 positive, 1,947 negative and 84 results still pending. DCHS noted there are several additional sources of testing in Dickinson County.