Florence County health officials again are advising area residents about a possible COVID-19 exposure last week at The Tavern on Central in Florence, Wis.

The business announced Monday on its Facebook page it would be closed until Aug. 18 after learning an employee had tested positive for the virus. That person last worked at the tavern from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the business.

“We will be doing a thorough cleaning and taking this time to assure our other employees are not symptomatic and that they stay healthy,” the Facebook post said.

The Florence County Public Health Department stated in a news release Monday that same person was at Tavern on Central from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday as well. It also listed the time period Thursday as 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The person’s primary residence is not in Florence County, the department said in the advisory.

“Michigan health officials are contacting others with whom the person with the positive result had close contact,” the statement advised.

“If you think you were exposed at the establishment during this time, stay home and isolate and call your health care provider for further direction. Florence County establishments have been contacted by the health department and continue to follow safety guidelines.”

For more information, go to the CDC’s website, the DHS website, or the Florence County Health Department Facebook page or website at http://www.florencecountywi.com/.

The Florence County Health Department on Friday put out an advisory that an individual Aug. 4 was at Northern Lites Bar between 3:30 and 5 p.m. and at Dina Mia restaurant from 5 to 7 p.m., then at Tavern on Central from 5:50 to 7 p.m. Thursday. That individual’s primary residence also was not Florence County, officials said.

In other area developments, local health officials indicated Monday that Dickinson County has five new COVID-19 positives to reach a total of 57.

The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department reported a new case in Iron County as well for 20 total cases. The state’s COVID-19 data site had earlier listed two of the new Dickinson County positives.

Elsewhere in the Upper Peninsula, the state listed seven new positives in Menominee County, two more each in Gogebic and Ontonagon, and one each in Iron and Marquette. The data site also had one less case for Mackinac County. The state’s figures lacked three of the new Dickinson County cases.

On the Wisconsin side of the region, that state’s data site showed 16 more positives in Marinette County to top 400, and two more in Vilas County, though the Vilas County Public Health Department reported seven new positives since Friday to rise to 64, nine more than the state’s tally. Forest County Health Department posted one new case on its Facebook page Monday to reach 60 after a long stretch with no increases; it has only four people still considered active virus cases.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services data site Monday had Keweenaw County with two confirmed cases and one probable; Luce County with three confirmed cases; Baraga County, five confirmed cases; Alger County, 10 confirmed and one probable; Schoolcraft County, 12 confirmed cases and one probable; Ontonagon County, 13 confirmed and one probable; Mackinac County, 20 confirmed cases and six probable; Iron County, 20 confirmed cases and one death; Chippewa County, 28 confirmed cases and 12 probable; Houghton County, 43 confirmed cases and seven probable; Dickinson County, 54 confirmed cases, one probable and two deaths; Delta County, 76 confirmed cases, 21 probable and three deaths; Gogebic County, 114 confirmed cases, six probable and a death; Menominee County, 126 confirmed cases and 15 probable; and Marquette County, 146 confirmed cases, 14 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 has had 674 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 18 deaths.

The MDHHS reported 557 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Michigan on Monday for a total of 87,960 to date. The state added eight new deaths Monday for a total of 6,257.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Monday listed Marinette County with 411 cases and three deaths; Iron County 75 cases and one death; Forest County 59 cases and four deaths; Vilas County 55 cases; and Florence County eight cases. As with the Michigan data, the state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin recorded 507 new cases Monday for a total of 61,061 to date, according to the state DHS data site. The state had no new COVID-19 deaths Monday to remain at 998 to date.

According to the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department, Dickinson County as of Monday had 57 confirmed COVID-19 positives, with 13 recovered, two deaths and 42 cases still active. Iron County has 20 positives, with seven recovered, one death and 12 still active.

Dickinson County Healthcare System as of Monday showed 17 cases from Dickinson County and 14 cases from other counties; those counties are not identified. DCHS has tested 2,581 people for COVID-19, with 31 positive, 2,507 negative and 43 results still pending. DCHS noted there are several additional sources of testing in Dickinson County.