Local health officials Monday afternoon reported 152 new COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County since Friday, along with a 25th virus-related death.

Iron County added 27 new cases as well, according to the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department.

The DIDHD on Monday listed Dickinson County at 1,048 confirmed positives and 41 probable cases, with 328 recovered, 25 deaths and 736 cases still active. Iron County has had 536 confirmed cases and 35 probables, with 297 recovered, 25 deaths and 249 cases still active.

In the face of the sharp and prolonged rise in cases, further hampered by reporting delays from local providers, the DIDHD advised Monday the situation “is now exceeding their capacity to do timely contact tracing” on new COVID-19 positives.

The DIDHD in a news release stated, “If you have been notified that you have tested positive for coronavirus, please maintain your isolation as directed by your provider for 10 days beyond your onset of symptoms.”

They stressed, “It is also vital that you identify your close contacts (anyone who was within 6 feet of you for longer than 15 minutes in a 24-hour timeframe) and notify them as soon as possible. If you are contacted and notified that you are a close contact to a positive case, please self-quarantine yourself for 14 days and monitor yourself for symptoms regularly. If you are interested in getting tested, please go to www.michigan.gov/coronavirus to find a testing location near you.”

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, based in Hancock, issued a similar advisory Monday about contact tracing.

“Over the past three weeks, more than 750 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified across Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties, placing a significant strain on resources,” the department posted on social media. “Even with assistance from partner organizations, capacity has been reached and WUPHD is notifying residents that individuals who test positive (and their close contacts) may not receive a call from the health department.”

The state’s COVID-19 data site indicated 357 confirmed new positives since Saturday across the Upper Peninsula’s 15 counties: 142 in Marquette County, 66 in Delta County, 24 in Dickinson County, 22 in Gogebic County, 20 in Houghton County, 18 in Iron County, 15 in Menominee County, 14 in Baraga County, 12 in Ontonagon County, seven in Chippewa County, five in Alger County, four in Mackinac County, three in Luce and Schoolcraft counties, and two in Keweenaw County. All totals are over two days, since the state’s last update Saturday.

The state also added four deaths in Delta County to reach 42, though Public Health Delta and Menominee Counties on Monday had the death toll at 49.

In total for the U.P., the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 data site since Saturday had Keweenaw County with 27 confirmed cases and one probable, and one death; Luce County, 80 confirmed cases and 32 probable; Alger County, 112 confirmed, 35 probable and one death; Schoolcraft County, 126 confirmed cases and five probable, plus one probable death; Mackinac County, 150 confirmed cases and 41 probable; Chippewa County, 168 confirmed cases and 162 probable; Baraga County, 176 confirmed cases, 29 probable and four deaths; Ontonagon County, 190 confirmed, 21 probable and one death; Gogebic County, 415 confirmed cases and 151 probable, six confirmed deaths and 10 probable deaths; Iron County, 532 confirmed cases and 33 probable, 24 confirmed deaths and four probable; Menominee County, 834 confirmed cases, 87 probable and seven deaths; Dickinson County, 936 confirmed cases and 28 probable, 25 confirmed deaths and two probable; Houghton County, 945 confirmed cases, 189 probable, eight confirmed deaths and one probable; Marquette County, 1,535 confirmed cases, 187 probable and 19 deaths; and Delta County, 1,571 confirmed cases and 174 probable, 42 confirmed deaths and seven probable. State numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Using only the state figures, the Upper Peninsula has had 7,797 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date and 138 deaths.

The MDHHS reported 9,010 confirmed new COVID-19 cases in Michigan since Saturday, with a two-day average of 4,505 cases a day, for a total of 216,804 to date. The state added 62 new deaths since Saturday for a total of 7,640.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, that state’s COVID-19 data site Monday had 11 new confirmed positives in Vilas County, 10 in Marinette County, seven in Iron County, five in Forest County and four in Florence County.

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Monday had Marinette County with 2,215 confirmed cases, 163 probable cases and 19 deaths; Vilas County, 830 confirmed, 22 probable and eight deaths; Forest County, 582 confirmed, 35 probable and 11 deaths; Iron County, 266 confirmed, 50 probable and five deaths, one probable; and Florence County, 253 confirmed, 14 probable and eight deaths. As with the Michigan data, the state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin had 4,360 new positives Monday for a total of 271,770. The state added 17 new COVID-19 deaths Monday to reach 2,329.