State: Only 11 new virus positives in Dickinson, 7 in Iron in past five days
State data Wednesday showed Dickinson County added 11 confirmed COVID-19 positives and Iron County seven new cases in the past five days.
Each county also had another death blamed on the coronavirus, according to figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday.
The MDHHS indicated 205 new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula since Friday: 56 in Marquette County, 26 in Menominee County, 20 in Chippewa County, 16 in Delta County, 14 in Houghton County, 12 in Mackinac County, 11 in Dickinson and Baraga counties, nine in Schoolcraft and Gogebic counties, seven in Iron and Alger counties, four in Luce County, two in Keweenaw County and one in Ontonagon County. The state posted 10 more virus-related deaths in the U.P.: two in both Delta and Marquette counties; and one each in Dickinson, Iron, Menominee, Keweenaw, Ontonagon and Gogebic counties.
Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 50,507 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 795 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 450 confirmed cases and 53 probable, and 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 645 confirmed cases and 756 probable, eight confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 862 confirmed, 104 probable and 34 deaths, two probable; Alger County, 1,026 confirmed, 658 probable and eight deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,070 confirmed cases and 662 probable, 11 deaths and two probable; Mackinac County, 1,515 confirmed cases and 834 probable, 26 deaths and two probable; Baraga County, 1,694 confirmed cases, 317 probable and 51 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,284 confirmed cases and 336 probable, 69 deaths and 14 probable; Gogebic County, 2,701 confirmed cases and 524 probable, 38 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 3,304 confirmed cases and 4,985 probable, and 78 deaths, 16 probable; Menominee County, 3,842 confirmed cases, 1,678 probable and 60 deaths, nine probable; Dickinson County, 4,959 confirmed cases and 2,370 probable, 85 deaths and 21 probable; Houghton County, 6,595 confirmed cases, 1,075 probable, 77 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 7,820 confirmed cases and 2,030 probable, 129 deaths and 24 probable; and Marquette County, 11,740 confirmed cases, 3,016 probable and 109 deaths, nine probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Wednesday had 5,931 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan since Friday, or an average of about 1,186 per day for the five-day period, for a total to date of 2,051,771. The state since Friday added 312 deaths attributed to the virus — including 250 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 31,383.
The state issues new COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, but did not update its figures Monday due to the Presidents’ Day holiday.
For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Wednesday had Marinette County at 11,475 COVID-19 positives, up 34 since Friday, and 109 deaths, up one; Vilas County, 5,160 positives, up 16, and 85 deaths; Forest County, 2,661 positives, up six, and 49 deaths; Iron County, unchanged at 1,455 positives and 45 deaths; and Florence County, 1,072 positives, up five, and 15 deaths.





