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DIDHD: Dickinson has 2 new virus cases, Iron 1

Iron County down to only 2 active cases

Local health officials Thursday reported two new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and one new case in Iron County in the past week.

The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook post Thursday listed 10 more Dickinson County residents now classified as recovered from the virus since its last update June 24. Iron County had three recoveries and now has only two active coronavirus cases.

The DIDHD had Dickinson County at 2,421 confirmed positives and 345 probable cases, with 2,676 recovered, 72 deaths and 18 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 989 confirmed cases and 71 probables, with 1,008 recovered, 50 deaths and two active cases.

The DIDHD in June cut back to only one COVID-19 update per week as the pace of new coronavirus activity in the region continues to slow.

State data Thursday showed seven more confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula for the day, including one in Dickinson County, and a new death attributed to the virus in Baraga County.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website also had two new confirmed positives in both Chippewa and Houghton counties and one each in Menominee and Mackinac counties.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Thursday has had 20,096 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 441 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Thursday had Keweenaw County at 142 confirmed cases and 32 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 226 confirmed cases and 256 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Alger County, 323 confirmed, 196 probable and three deaths, four probable; Schoolcraft County, 354 confirmed cases and 84 probable, four deaths and one probable; Ontonagon County, 421 confirmed, 61 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 459 confirmed cases and 257 probable, three deaths; Baraga County, 695 confirmed cases, 128 probable and 39 deaths; Iron County, 985 confirmed cases and 69 probable, 43 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,044 confirmed cases and 362 probable, 23 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,096 confirmed cases and 1,418 probable, and 28 deaths, six probable; Menominee County, 1,799 confirmed cases, 331 probable and 41 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,412 confirmed cases and 343 probable, 59 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,536 confirmed cases, 607 probable, 35 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,345 confirmed cases and 712 probable, 76 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,259 confirmed cases, 827 probable and 62 deaths, one probable. State figures are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Thursday had 228 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total to date of 894,856. The state Thursday posted 10 new deaths attributed to the virus — including 14 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, which with other adjustments to state data resulted in a net daily count of 10 — to reach 19,758.

For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site had no changes Thursday.

The state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Thursday had Marinette County with 4,237 confirmed cases, 476 probable cases and 67 deaths, six probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,290 confirmed, 149 probable and 42 deaths, three probable; Forest County, 966 confirmed, 81 probable and 23 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 586 confirmed, 120 probable and 21 deaths, 19 probable; and Florence County, 451 confirmed, 55 probable and 13 deaths. As in Michigan, state numbers are updated daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

Wisconsin on Thursday added 108 new positives for a total of 612,909 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state recorded six new deaths Thursday to reach 7,314.

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