The numbers of new COVID-19 positives continues to climb on both sides of the region’s borders.

Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday indicated 650 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Upper Peninsula since Monday. In Wisconsin, Marinette County added 131 new positives — and two more deaths blamed on the virus — in the past two days.

Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday indicated since Monday 205 new confirmed positives in Marquette County, 82 in Delta County, 68 in Dickinson County, 58 in Houghton County, 50 in Chippewa County, 33 in Menominee and Gogebic counties, 31 in Iron County, 23 in Mackinac County, 21 in Baraga County, 15 in Alger County, 10 in Luce County, eight in Schoolcraft County, seven in Keweenaw County and six in Ontonagon County. The state posted three more virus-related deaths in Chippewa County, two in Mackinac County and one each in Menominee, Ontonagon and Gogebic counties.

Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 37,314 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 672 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 362 confirmed cases and 43 probable, and 10 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 495 confirmed cases and 586 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 685 confirmed, 83 probable and 27 deaths, one probable; Alger County, 735 confirmed, 422 probable and six deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 839 confirmed cases and 418 probable, eight deaths and one probable; Mackinac County, 1,147 confirmed cases and 619 probable, 20 deaths and two probable; Baraga County, 1,319 confirmed cases, 219 probable and 46 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 1,747 confirmed cases and 197 probable, 59 deaths and 13 probable; Gogebic County, 1,962 confirmed cases and 430 probable, 34 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 2,224 confirmed cases and 3,242 probable, and 59 deaths, 12 probable; Menominee County, 3,151 confirmed cases, 1,176 probable and 54 deaths, eight probable; Dickinson County, 3,784 confirmed cases and 1,534 probable, 75 deaths and 18 probable; Houghton County, 4,921 confirmed cases, 890 probable, 63 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 5,991 confirmed cases and 1,378 probable, 115 deaths and 22 probable; and Marquette County, 7,952 confirmed cases, 1,888 probable and 92 deaths, five probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Wednesday had 27,346 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan since Monday, or an average of 13,673 per day for the two-day period, for a total to date of 1,595,919. The state since Monday added 277 deaths attributed to the virus — including 165 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 27,563.

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 Wednesday had since Monday the 131 new confirmed positives in Marinette County, 54 in Vilas County, 43 in Forest County, 14 in Iron County and 12 in Florence County. The only new deaths were the two in Marinette County.

The DHS data site Wednesday had Marinette County with 7,596 confirmed cases, 1,564 probable cases and 85 deaths, 12 probable deaths; Vilas County, 3,619 confirmed, 194 probable and 66 deaths, four probable; Forest County, 1,805 confirmed, 150 probable and 36 deaths, four probable; Iron County, 854 confirmed, 214 probable and 23 deaths, 21 probable; and Florence County, 638 confirmed, 176 probable and 15 deaths.

Wisconsin data Wednesday showed 18,579 more positives in the state since Monday for a total of 1,023,729 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date; the state has set record highs for new cases each of the past two days. The DHS recorded 123 more virus-related deaths over the two days to reach 10,198.