State data Friday showed 81 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula in the past three days — 25 in Delta County alone — as coronavirus activity continues to rise in the region compared with earlier in the summer.

Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties had reported Thursday that Delta County had its first confirmed case of the highly contagious delta variant. The PHDM added that the delta variant now has been found in Dickinson, Marquette, Houghton and Gogebic counties.

In addition to the Delta County cases, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website since its last update Tuesday listed 13 more confirmed cases in Gogebic County, 11 in Houghton County, eight in Menominee County, seven in Chippewa County, six in Marquette County, four in Baraga County, three in Luce County, two in Dickinson County and one each in Iron and Mackinac counties; Ontonagon County’s count was reduced by one.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Friday has had 20,399 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 446 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS coronavirus data site Friday had Keweenaw County at 142 confirmed cases and 32 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 231 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, 356 confirmed cases and 85 probable, four deaths and one probable; Ontonagon County, 425 confirmed, 62 probable and 21 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 465 confirmed cases and 256 probable, three deaths; Baraga County, 701 confirmed cases, 130 probable and 39 deaths; Iron County, 1,006 confirmed cases and 73 probable, 43 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,101 confirmed cases and 369 probable, 24 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,135 confirmed cases and 1,436 probable, and 29 deaths, six probable; Menominee County, 1,823 confirmed cases, 344 probable and 41 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,440 confirmed cases and 351 probable, 59 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,559 confirmed cases, 609 probable, 35 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,409 confirmed cases and 725 probable, 76 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,283 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 Friday had 3,962 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan, or an average of 1,321 per day for the three days, for a total to date of 910,500. The state Friday added three deaths attributed to the virus — all having occurred earlier but recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 19,950.

The state in July began posting new COVID data only twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. Staring next week, it will provide an update on Wednesdays as well.

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

The DHS COVID-19 data site Friday had Marinette County with 4,275 confirmed cases, 489 probable cases and 68 deaths, seven probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,331 confirmed, 149 probable and 42 deaths, three probable; Forest County, 985 confirmed, 83 probable and 24 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 605 confirmed, 120 probable and 21 deaths, 21 probable; and Florence County, 458 confirmed, 55 probable and 13 deaths.

Wisconsin added 1,124 new positives Friday for a total of 628,008 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state to date. The state reduced its number of deaths by five, to 7,448.