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DIDHD to open vaccine to all older than age 18 next week

The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department next week will expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all residents age 18 and older.

Online scheduling for both counties will begin at 8 a.m. Monday, with the link being posted on didhd.org.

Iron County residents can schedule by telephone starting at 8 a.m. Monday by calling 906-265-9913.

For Dickinson County residents, appointments can be made by phone starting at 8 a.m. Tuesday by calling 906-774-1868.

Appointments can be scheduled in either county but are limited to residents of Dickinson and Iron counties only; a photo ID will be required to verify residency.

Appointments are required to receive the vaccine; no walk-ins will be accepted. These clinics are for those who have not yet received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Those who may have missed a second shot are asked to contact their county’s DIDHD office by telephone.

Consent forms and other information regarding COVID-19 can be found at didhd.org. Those scheduled for vaccination are asked to print and fill out the online consent form in advance if possible to help keep the clinic flow moving. Consent forms also will be available at the clinics.

Mass clinics have been set up at off-site locations to allow for better social distancing:

— Iron County: Forest Park School, east entrance near the parking lot by the bus garage, Crystal Falls.

— Dickinson County: Dickinson County Fair Grounds, Yellow Administration Building, Norway.

To help maintain social distancing, do not arrive early.

Those scheduled who are unable to attend for any reason should call to cancel so that doses can be rescheduled for others.

In a Facebook post Friday afternoon, the DIDHD had nine new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County since its last update Monday, along with one probable case and seven recovered cases. Iron County had four new confirmed positives.

The DIDHD had Dickinson County at 2,180 confirmed positives and 252 probable cases, with 2,308 recovered, 69 deaths and 55 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 874 confirmed cases and 64 probables, with 883 recovered, 48 deaths and seven active cases.

For the entire Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Friday listed a total of 53 new confirmed positives: 18 in Chippewa County; 12 in Marquette County; six in Delta and Dickinson County; two in Menominee, Schoolcraft, Houghton and Mackinac counties; and one each in Iron, Keweenaw and Baraga counties.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Friday has had 17,041 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 397 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Friday had Keweenaw County at 125 confirmed cases and 30 probable, and one death and one probable death; Luce County, 135 confirmed cases and 112 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 242 confirmed cases and 38 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 284 confirmed, 160 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 310 confirmed cases and 168 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 374 confirmed, 57 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 517 confirmed cases, 106 probable and 33 deaths; Chippewa County, 827 confirmed cases and 1,125 probable, and 25 deaths, five probable; Iron County, 872 confirmed cases and 61 probable, 42 confirmed deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 962 confirmed cases and 354 probable, 21 confirmed deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,646 confirmed cases, 275 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,174 confirmed cases and 250 probable, 55 confirmed deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,249 confirmed cases, 552 probable, 31 confirmed deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 2,750 confirmed cases and 506 probable, 67 confirmed deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,574 confirmed cases, 590 probable and 55 deaths, one probable. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Friday posted 5,030 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total of 647,899. The state added 20 new deaths Friday to reach 16,004.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Friday had only one new confirmed positive apiece in Marinette and Forest counties.

The DHS on Friday had Marinette County with 3,997 confirmed cases, 410 probable cases and 65 deaths, three probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,186 confirmed, 140 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Forest County, 935 confirmed, 71 probable and 23 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 564 confirmed, 118 probable and 21 deaths, 19 probable; and Florence County, 429 confirmed, 50 probable and 12 deaths. As in Michigan, state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin added 434 new positives Friday for a total of 574,870 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state reduced its number of deaths by two Friday to go down to 6,597.

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