State data Monday gave some signs the COVID-19 surge in the Upper Peninsula may be leveling off, with 10 new confirmed positives in both Dickinson and Menominee counties and seven in Iron County since Friday.

The total number of confirmed cases added in the U.P. on Monday for the three days since Friday was roughly 100 fewer than the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website had shown Friday for a two-day stretch.

Across the border, Wisconsin data had 45 more confirmed cases in Marinette County, while Florence County reported its second death blamed on the virus in a week’s span after going several months without a fatality.

The Florence County Health Department said the person was older than 65 and not vaccinated but released no further information “to protect the privacy of the individual and family.”

Figures on the Michigan DHHS coronavirus website Monday indicated 185 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Friday: 37 in Marquette County; 31 in Delta County; 25 in Houghton County; 17 in Baraga County; 12 in Ontonagon County; 10 each in Dickinson, Menominee, Mackinac and Chippewa counties; seven in Iron County; six each in Keweenaw and Gogebic counties; three in Luce County; and one in Schoolcraft County. The state also posted new virus-related deaths in Chippewa and Alger counties.

Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Monday has had 27,748 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 514 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Monday had Keweenaw County at 218 confirmed cases and 34 probable, and three confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 338 confirmed cases and 384 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 548 confirmed, 64 probable and 21 deaths, one probable; Alger County, 549 confirmed, 296 probable and four deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 592 confirmed cases and 206 probable, four deaths and one probable; Mackinac County, 854 confirmed cases and 426 probable, eight deaths and one probable; Baraga County, 980 confirmed cases, 151 probable and 44 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 1,298 confirmed cases and 117 probable, 46 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,400 confirmed cases and 408 probable, 24 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,545 confirmed cases and 2,198 probable, and 41 deaths, eight probable; Menominee County, 2,541 confirmed cases, 790 probable and 46 deaths, five probable; Dickinson County, 3,045 confirmed cases and 924 probable, 64 deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 3,330 confirmed cases, 703 probable, 45 deaths and 10 probable; Delta County, 4,718 confirmed cases and 1,029 probable, 85 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 5,792 confirmed cases, 1,274 probable and 75 deaths, two probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Monday had 7,856 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan since Friday, or an average of about 2,618 per day for the three days, for a total to date of 1,112,490. The state Monday added 56 deaths attributed to the virus — including 29 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 21,218.

The state issues new COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site Monday had for the past three days 45 more confirmed positives in Marinette County, 19 in Vilas County, seven in Iron County, two in Florence County and one in Forest County.

The DHS data site Monday had Marinette County with 5,705 confirmed cases, 1,037 probable cases and 70 deaths, nine probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,916 confirmed, 169 probable and 50 deaths, four probable; Forest County, 1,407 confirmed, 109 probable and 27 deaths, four probable; Iron County, 722 confirmed, 172 probable and 21 deaths, 21 probable; and Florence County, 527 confirmed, 106 probable and 14 deaths.

Wisconsin data Monday showed 4,239 more positives in the state since Friday for a total of 781,483 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state recorded 36 more virus-related deaths over the three-day period to reach 8,378.