State data Wednesday showed COVID-19 activity continues to climb in the Upper Peninsula with 59 new confirmed positives in the past two days, though roughly half of those new cases came in Delta and Menominee counties.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website since Monday has added 20 confirmed positives in Delta County; 10 in Menominee County; six in Schoolcraft and Gogebic counties; four in Houghton and Chippewa counties; two in Ontonagon and Mackinac counties; and one each in Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, Luce and Baraga counties.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 20,527 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 446 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 142 confirmed cases and 32 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 230 confirmed cases and 258 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Alger County, 324 confirmed, 197 probable and three deaths, four probable; Schoolcraft County, 363 confirmed cases and 88 probable, four deaths and one probable; Ontonagon County, 427 confirmed, 63 probable and 21 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 468 confirmed cases and 258 probable, three deaths; Baraga County, 704 confirmed cases, 131 probable and 39 deaths; Iron County, 1,010 confirmed cases and 73 probable, 43 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,112 confirmed cases and 371 probable, 24 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,141 confirmed cases and 1,449 probable, and 29 deaths, five probable; Menominee County, 1,841 confirmed cases, 367 probable and 41 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,446 confirmed cases and 362 probable, 59 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,576 confirmed cases, 610 probable, 35 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,456 confirmed cases and 743 probable, 76 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,287 confirmed cases, 840 probable and 64 deaths, one probable. State figures are updated regularly but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Wednesday had 2,786 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan since Monday, or an average of 1,393 per day for the two days, for a total to date of 916,006. The state Wednesday added 24 deaths attributed to the virus — including 12 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 19,982.

The state in July began posting new COVID data only twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, when the level of virus activity slowed. With cases rising again, updates will be provided on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting this week.

For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Wednesday had since Monday 12 new confirmed positives in Marinette County, eight in Forest County, three in Vilas County, two in Florence County and one in Iron County.

The DHS COVID-19 data site Wednesday had Marinette County with 4,302 confirmed cases, 495 probable cases and 68 deaths, seven probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,335 confirmed, 149 probable and 42 deaths, three probable; Forest County, 994 confirmed, 84 probable and 24 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 606 confirmed, 120 probable and 21 deaths, 21 probable; and Florence County, 460 confirmed, 57 probable and 13 deaths.

Wisconsin has added 2,837 new positives since Monday for a total of 633,133 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state to date. The state had eight new deaths to reach 7,462.

The Florence County Health Department will have a walk-in clinic for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the FCHD office in the Florence County Courthouse, 501 Lake St., Florence, Wis. Participants must be age 12 or older; ages 12 to 17 must have signed consent from a parent or guardian.