The pace of new COVID-19 activity may be slowing in the region, with Michigan data Monday showing 16 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County in the past three days — along with a new death blamed on the virus — while Iron County had 11 new cases.

In Wisconsin, that state’s coronavirus website added 47 confirmed positives in Marinette County since Friday and two more virus-related deaths in Forest County.

Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday indicated 268 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula in the three-day span: 61 in Marquette County, 44 in Houghton County, 38 in Delta County, 24 in Gogebic County, 22 in Menominee County, 20 in Chippewa County, 16 in Dickinson County, 11 in Iron County, 10 in Mackinac County, seven in Luce County, six in Schoolcraft County, four in Baraga and Alger counties, and one in Ontonagon County. The state posted another death in Dickinson, Delta and Gogebic counties.

Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Monday has had 34,501 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 617 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Monday had Keweenaw County at 343 confirmed cases and 43 probable, and eight confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 445 confirmed cases and 515 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 634 confirmed, 77 probable and 24 deaths, one probable; Alger County, 663 confirmed, 366 probable and four deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 787 confirmed cases and 346 probable, six deaths and one probable; Mackinac County, 1,058 confirmed cases and 554 probable, 16 deaths and one probable; Baraga County, 1,230 confirmed cases, 209 probable and 44 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 1,615 confirmed cases and 188 probable, 57 deaths and 13 probable; Gogebic County, 1,812 confirmed cases and 426 probable, 30 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 2,002 confirmed cases and 2,816 probable, and 51 deaths, 11 probable; Menominee County, 2,981 confirmed cases, 1,071 probable and 50 deaths, eight probable; Dickinson County, 3,538 confirmed cases and 1,340 probable, 73 deaths and 18 probable; Houghton County, 4,652 confirmed cases, 851 probable, 53 deaths and 10 probable; Delta County, 5,626 confirmed cases and 1,260 probable, 109 deaths and 21 probable; and Marquette County, 7,115 confirmed cases, 1,643 probable and 88 deaths, five probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS had 16,143 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan since Friday, or an average of about 5,381 per day for the three-day period, for a total to date of 1,396,467. The state since Friday has added 160 deaths attributed to the virus — including 36 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 25,240.

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 since Friday the 47 new positives in Marinette County, 18 in Vilas County, 11 in Forest County and seven in Iron County. Forest County’s two deaths were the only ones in those counties.

The DHS data site Monday had Marinette County with 7,067 confirmed cases, 1,409 probable cases and 76 deaths, 11 probable deaths; Vilas County, 3,366 confirmed, 187 probable and 60 deaths, four probable; Forest County, 1,686 confirmed, 145 probable and 33 deaths, four probable; Iron County, 811 confirmed, 206 probable and 22 deaths, 21 probable; and Florence County, 601 confirmed, 145 probable and 14 deaths.

Wisconsin data Monday showed 8,436 more positives in the state since Friday for a total of 920,004 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state recorded 37 more virus-related deaths in the three-day period to reach 9,381.