School districts in Dickinson County have been given the green light to resume in-person classes Monday after local health officials decided not to recommend remaining closed past today.

The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department posted Thursday on Facebook, “Previously, DIDHD had recommended virtual learning for all Dickinson County Schools through October 30, 2020. At this time, DIDHD will not be recommending an extension. We will update if recommendations change.”

In response, Breitung Township School District told students and parents in a letter Thursday “This means that we are opening up Breitung Township Schools to in-person instruction starting Monday, November 2.”

The district also announced it will change its calendar to have a full day of school Thursday and postpone Woodland Elementary parent-teacher conferences to January.

Norway-Vulcan Area Schools and North Dickinson County both posted statement they would go back to in-person classes on Monday as well. Iron Mountain’s plans could not be confirmed.

The DIDHD decision comes as the department Thursday reported a new death and 21 new COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County, along with nine new cases in Iron County.

According to the DIDHD, Dickinson County as of Thursday had 659 confirmed COVID-19 positives and 29 probables, with 195 recovered, 20 deaths and 473 cases still active. For Iron County, the department had 417 confirmed cases and 35 probables, with 240 recovered, 22 deaths and 190 cases still active.

In the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 data site Thursday listed 205 new positives: 74 in Marquette County, 30 in Delta County, 25 in Dickinson County, 16 in Luce County, 14 in Houghton County, 12 in Menominee County, eight in Iron and Gogebic counties, six in Schoolcraft County, five in Ontonagon County, four in Baraga County, three in Chippewa County and two in Mackinac County. The state also reduced Alger and Keweenaw counties’ positives by one.

The MDHHS added four deaths in Delta County and one each in Dickinson and Menominee counties. Public Health, Delta and Menominee Counties, however, showed 31 deaths in Delta County — three more than the state’s tally — but no sixth death in Menominee County.

In total for the U.P., the MDHHS on Thursday had Keweenaw County with 19 confirmed cases and three probable; Luce County, 63 confirmed cases and 21 probable, plus one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 81 confirmed cases and seven probable, plus one probable death; Alger County, 88 confirmed, 29 probable and one death; Baraga County, 91 confirmed cases, 14 probable and four deaths; Chippewa County, 92 confirmed cases and 82 probable; Ontonagon County, 96 confirmed and 14 probable; Mackinac County, 129 confirmed cases and 37 probable; Gogebic County, 298 confirmed cases and 125 probable, three confirmed deaths and eight probable deaths; Iron County, 421 confirmed cases and 31 probable, 22 confirmed deaths and three probable; Menominee County, 660 confirmed cases, 83 probable and six deaths; Dickinson County, 664 confirmed cases and 23 probable, 20 confirmed deaths and one probable; Houghton County, 797 confirmed cases, 171 probable, eight confirmed deaths and one probable; Marquette County, 1,008 confirmed cases, 153 probable and 15 deaths; and Delta County, 1,150 confirmed cases and 150 probable, 28 confirmed deaths and six probable. State numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Using only the state figures Thursday, the Upper Peninsula has had 5,657 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date and 107 deaths.

The MDHHS reported 3,675 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Michigan on Thursday for a total of 171,220 to date, but noted the data pull went beyond the normal 10 a.m. cutoff so includes some cases that otherwise would be in today’s figures. The state added 41 new deaths on Thursday — including 22 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — for a total of 7,298.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state’s COVID-19 data site Thursday had 39 new positives in Marinette County, 22 in Vilas County, 11 in Forest County, five in Florence County and three in Iron County. The state also restored the seventh death previously reported in Florence County and listed new deaths in Marinette and Vilas counties.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Thursday had Marinette County with 1,777 confirmed cases, 126 probable cases and 14 deaths; Vilas County, 585 confirmed, 20 probable and seven deaths; Forest County, 486 confirmed, 18 probable and 11 deaths; Florence County, 214 confirmed, 12 probable and seven deaths; and Iron County, 194 confirmed, 38 probable and four deaths. As with the Michigan data, the state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin had 4,870 new positives Thursday for a total of 214,996. The state added 51 new COVID-19 deaths Thursday to reach 1,948.