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Dickinson virus count rises by two to 63

Local health officials Wednesday reported two new COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County, giving the county 63 cases to date.

The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department posted the new total on its Facebook page, adding that of those cases, 39 are recovered and 22 still active; the county had two deaths early on as well.

In the Upper Peninsula, the state COVID-19 data site Wednesday added five new positives in Delta County, two in Dickinson and Marquette counties and one each in Menominee and Iron counties. The DIDHD did not list a new case in Iron County, which it still shows as having 26 cases, with 14 recovered, one death and 11 still active.

Menominee-Delta Public Health on its website Wednesday had 205 cases in Menominee County, one more than the state and still the most positives in the Upper Peninsula.

On the Wisconsin side of the region, that state’s data site showed four new COVID-19 cases each in Marinette and Iron counties, two new in Vilas County and one new in Florence County. The Forest County Health Department posted a new positive on its Facebook page Wednesday to reach 67 overall, while health officials in Vilas County raised its count by one to 96, and in Iron County had three more cases than the state’s tally at 118.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County with two confirmed cases; Luce County, four confirmed cases; Baraga County, six confirmed cases and two probable; Schoolcraft County, 14 confirmed cases and one probable; Alger County, 16 confirmed and one probable; Mackinac County, 24 confirmed cases and eight probable; Iron County, 27 confirmed cases and one death; Ontonagon County, 32 confirmed and two probable; Chippewa County, 35 confirmed cases and 16 probable; Houghton County, 52 confirmed cases and nine probable; Dickinson County, 62 confirmed cases, one probable and two deaths; Delta County, 111 confirmed cases, 26 probable and three deaths; Gogebic County, 132 confirmed cases, 10 probable and a death; Marquette County, 203 confirmed cases, 35 probable and 11 deaths; and Menominee County, 204 confirmed cases and 29 probable. State numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

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

Using only the state figures Wednesday, the Upper Peninsula has had 926 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 18 deaths.

The MDHHS reported 761 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Michigan on Wednesday for a total of 99,200 to date. The state added seven new deaths for a total of 6,424.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Wednesday had Marinette County with 574 cases and six deaths; Iron County 115 cases and one death; Vilas County 95 cases; Forest County 66 cases and four deaths; and Florence County 23 cases. As with the Michigan data, the state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin recorded 768 new positives in the state Wednesday for a total of 72,260 to date, according to the state DHS data site. The state had six new COVID-19 deaths for a total of 1,100.

Dickinson County Healthcare System as of Wednesday showed 19 cases from Dickinson County and 30 cases from other counties; those counties are not identified. DCHS has tested 3,051 people for COVID-19, with 49 positive, 2,942 negative and 60 results still pending. DCHS noted there are several additional sources of testing in Dickinson County.

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