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DIDHD: 14 more virus cases in Dickinson, seven in Iron

Local health officials Monday reported 14 more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and seven in Iron County since its last update Thursday.

In a Facebook post Monday morning, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department also listed seven new probable cases in Dickinson County and 22 recovered cases, while Iron County had two probable and five recoveries.

The agency had Dickinson County at 2,344 confirmed positives and 314 probable cases, with 2,369 recovered, 71 deaths and 218 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 926 confirmed cases and 68 probables, with 891 recovered, 48 deaths and 55 active cases.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Monday showed 73 new confirmed positives since Saturday: 21 in Delta County; 10 in Marquette County; seven in Houghton and Baraga counties; six in Menominee County; five in Dickinson and Mackinac counties; three in Iron, Chippewa and Gogebic counties; and one each in Alger, Ontonagon and Keweenaw counties. Luce County had its first confirmed death, which if it holds means every county in Michigan now has recorded a fatal COVID-19 case.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Monday has had 18,865 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 407 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Monday had Keweenaw County at 139 confirmed cases and 31 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 172 confirmed cases and 172 probable, one confirmed death and one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 288 confirmed cases and 56 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 307 confirmed, 185 probable and two deaths, four probable; Mackinac County, 384 confirmed cases and 220 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 396 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 554 confirmed cases, 112 probable and 33 deaths; Iron County, 923 confirmed cases and 65 probable, 42 deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 1,000 confirmed cases and 360 probable, 22 deaths and 28 probable; Chippewa County, 1,011 confirmed cases and 1,328 probable, and 27 deaths, five probable; Menominee County, 1,727 confirmed cases, 308 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,340 confirmed cases and 311 probable, 57 deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,423 confirmed cases, 597 probable, 32 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,149 confirmed cases and 610 probable, 68 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,052 confirmed cases, 776 probable and 56 deaths, one probable. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Monday posted 6,524 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan since Saturday for a total to date of 825,844. The state Monday recorded 35 deaths attributed to the virus over the two-day period to reach 17,324.

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

The DHS on Monday had Marinette County with 4,071 confirmed cases, 434 probable cases and 66 deaths, three probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,222 confirmed, 145 probable and 40 deaths, two probable; Forest County, 949 confirmed, 77 probable and 23 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 572 confirmed, 117 probable and 21 deaths, 19 probable; and Florence County, 442 confirmed, 54 probable and 12 deaths. As in Michigan, state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin added 367 new positives Monday for a total of 595,049 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state listed no new deaths Monday to remain at 6,756.

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