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UP has 55 new positives, three in Iron County

State data Thursday showed three more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County and one more case in Dickinson County.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Thursday listed 55 new confirmed cases for the Upper Peninsula: 17 in Chippewa County; nine in Delta County; eight in Marquette and Houghton counties; three in Iron and Schoolcraft counties; two in Gogebic and Mackinac counties; and one each in Dickinson, Menominee and Luce counties. New deaths were reported in Delta and Chippewa counties.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Thursday has had 16,988 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 397 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Thursday had Keweenaw County at 124 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, 240 confirmed cases and 36 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 284 confirmed, 160 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 308 confirmed cases and 167 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 374 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 516 confirmed cases, 107 probable and 33 deaths; Chippewa County, 809 confirmed cases and 1,112 probable, and 25 deaths, five probable; Iron County, 871 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, 1,644 confirmed cases, 274 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,168 confirmed cases and 250 probable, 55 confirmed deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,247 confirmed cases, 550 probable, 31 confirmed deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 2,744 confirmed cases and 500 probable, 67 confirmed deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,562 confirmed cases, 581 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 Thursday posted 5,224 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total of 642,869. The state added 49 new deaths Thursday — including 30 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — to reach 15,984.

For Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Thursday had five new positives in Marinette County, three in Iron County, two in Vilas County and one in both Florence and Forest counties.

The DHS on Thursday had Marinette County with 3,996 confirmed cases, 410 probable cases and 65 deaths, three probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,186 confirmed, 137 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Forest County, 934 confirmed, 72 probable and 23 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 564 confirmed, 119 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 537 new positives Thursday for a total of 574,436 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state recorded two new deaths Thursday to reach 6,599.

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