Local health officials Friday reported a new coronavirus-related death in Iron County, its sixth fatal case in the past two weeks.

In contrast, Dickinson County appears to be ending January with no new fatalities since adding two deaths in the first update of the month and year Jan. 4, according to numbers posted on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page.

The DIDHD on Friday showed five new confirmed COVID-19 positives each for both Dickinson and Iron counties. Dickinson also had 11 recovered cases, Iron County two recoveries.

The DIDHD’s update Friday had Dickinson County at 2,099 confirmed positives and 239 probable cases, with 2,104 recovered, 67 deaths and 167 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 853 confirmed cases and 63 probables, with 778 recovered, 40 deaths and 98 still active.

Across the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 data site Friday listed 31 new confirmed positives: six apiece in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties; five in Marquette County; three each in Dickinson, Menominee, Houghton and Chippewa counties; and one each in Iron and Delta counties. The state for some reason reduced Dickinson County’s death toll by one.

In total for the U.P., the MDHHS data site Friday listed Keweenaw County at 105 confirmed cases and 25 probable, and one death and one probable death; Luce County, 130 confirmed cases and 73 probable; Schoolcraft County, 226 confirmed cases and 23 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 272 confirmed, 152 probable and one death, two probable; Mackinac County, 277 confirmed cases and 144 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 326 confirmed, 42 probable and 17 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 486 confirmed cases, 91 probable and 30 deaths; Chippewa County, 691 confirmed cases and 1,008 probable, and 20 deaths, two probable; Gogebic County, 845 confirmed cases and 320 probable, 17 confirmed deaths and 27 probable; Iron County, 850 confirmed cases and 61 probable, 37 confirmed deaths and six probable; Menominee County, 1,591 confirmed cases, 256 probable and 33 deaths, two probable; Houghton County, 1,986 confirmed cases, 484 probable, 31 confirmed deaths and seven probable; Dickinson County, 2,096 confirmed cases and 237 probable, 55 confirmed deaths and 14 probable; Delta County, 2,614 confirmed cases and 459 probable, 62 confirmed deaths and 18 probable; and Marquette County, 3,399 confirmed cases, 483 probable and 53 deaths, one probable. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Friday has had 15,894 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 364 deaths.

The MDHHS on Friday listed 1,774 confirmed new COVID-19 positives in Michigan for a total of 557,883. The state added only six new deaths Friday to reach 14,497.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Friday showed 13 new confirmed positives in Vilas County, 10 in Marinette County, three in Forest County, and two each in Florence and Iron counties. A new death was recorded in Marinette County.

The DHS on Friday had Marinette County with 3,896 confirmed cases, 370 probable cases and 59 deaths, two probable deaths; Vilas County, 1,928 confirmed, 105 probable and 32 deaths, two probable; Forest County, 906 confirmed, 69 probable and 22 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 472 confirmed, 112 probable and 19 deaths, 17 probable; and Florence County, 424 confirmed, 32 probable and 12 deaths. As in Michigan, state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin added 1,567 new positives Friday for a total of 539,915 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state listed 49 new deaths Friday to reach 5,860.