Local health officials reported a 10th death in Iron County due to COVID-19 complications, but the number of new cases slowed Wednesday.

The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department, as has been its practice so far, did not provide any additional details about the new death in respect of the family’s privacy.

The DIDHD on Wednesday added seven new COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and three in Iron County. As of Wednesday, the DIDHD showed 260 confirmed cases and six probables for Iron County, with 39 recovered, 10 deaths and 217 cases still active. Dickinson County had 228 confirmed cases and three probables, with 71 recovered, three deaths and 157 cases still active.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’s COVID-19 data site Wednesday had 78 new positives in the Upper Peninsula: 27 in Delta County, 23 in Houghton County, 10 in Marquette County, seven in Menominee County, six in Iron County, five in Dickinson County, two in Alger County and one each in Baraga, Luce and Mackinac counties; the count was reduced by four in Keweenaw County and by one in Chippewa County. The MDHHS also listed a new death in Delta County.

In total for the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday had Keweenaw County with 10 confirmed cases and one probable; Luce County, 17 confirmed cases and two probable; Alger County, 23 confirmed and nine probable; Schoolcraft County, 35 confirmed cases and four probable; Baraga County, 37 confirmed cases, 12 probable and three deaths; Ontonagon County, 45 confirmed and one probable; Chippewa County, 53 confirmed cases and 33 probable; Mackinac County, 63 confirmed cases and 21 probable; Gogebic County, 166 confirmed cases, 16 probable and a death; Dickinson County, 240 confirmed cases, three probable and three deaths; Iron County, 260 confirmed cases, four probable and 10 deaths; Marquette County, 379 confirmed cases, 91 probable and 12 deaths; Menominee County, 426 confirmed cases, 75 probable and three deaths; Houghton County, 606 confirmed cases, 123 probable and three deaths; and Delta County, 657 confirmed cases, 96 probable and 11 deaths. State numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Using only the state figures Wednesday, the Upper Peninsula has had 3,017 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date with 46 deaths.

The MDHHS reported 1,016 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Michigan on Wednesday for a total of 130,842 to date. The state added nine new deaths Wednesday for a total of 6,847.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Wednesday had 21 new cases in Marinette and Vilas counties and five in Florence County. The state reduced the Forest County count by one, but that county’s health department Wednesday on Facebook reported six new positives for a total of 351 confirmed cases.

The DHS on Wednesday had Marinette County with 1,167 confirmed cases, 43 probable cases and nine deaths; Forest County, 346 confirmed, four probable and seven deaths; Vilas County, 307 confirmed, 10 probable and a death; Iron County, 149 confirmed, eight probable and one death; and Florence County, 120 confirmed and two deaths. As with the Michigan data, the state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin recorded 2,319 new positives in the state Wednesday for a total of 138,698, according to the state DHS data site. The state added 16 new COVID-19 deaths Wednesday to reach 1,415.

Testing at Dickinson County Healthcare System as of Monday showed 51 positives from Dickinson County and 136 cases from other counties; those counties are not identified. DCHS has tested 4,562 people for COVID-19, with 187 positive, 4,254 negative and 121 results still pending. DCHS noted there are several additional sources of testing in Dickinson County.

The MDHHS as of Monday indicated DCHS had three COVID-19 patients hospitalized, with one in intensive care.