State: Nine new virus cases in Dickinson, six in Iron
State data Friday had nine new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and six in Iron County since Wednesday.
Figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday indicated 69 new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula for the two-day period: 17 in Marquette County, nine in Dickinson County, eight in Chippewa County, six each in Iron and Delta counties, five in Gogebic County, four each in Mackinac and Luce counties, three each in Menominee and Alger counties, two in Baraga County and one each in Houghton and Ontonagon counties. The state listed one more virus-related death in both Schoolcraft and Gogebic counties.
Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Friday has had 50,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 802 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Friday had Keweenaw County at 451 confirmed cases and 53 probable, and 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 653 confirmed cases and 766 probable, eight confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 867 confirmed, 104 probable and 34 deaths, two probable; Alger County, 1,038 confirmed, 660 probable and eight deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,075 confirmed cases and 670 probable, 12 deaths and three probable; Mackinac County, 1,528 confirmed cases and 840 probable, 26 deaths and two probable; Baraga County, 1,702 confirmed cases, 318 probable and 51 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,297 confirmed cases and 339 probable, 69 deaths and 16 probable; Gogebic County, 2,717 confirmed cases and 524 probable, 39 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 3,349 confirmed cases and 5,037 probable, and 80 deaths, 16 probable; Menominee County, 3,858 confirmed cases, 1,688 probable and 60 deaths, nine probable; Dickinson County, 4,976 confirmed cases and 2,380 probable, 85 deaths and 21 probable; Houghton County, 6,624 confirmed cases, 1,078 probable, 78 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 7,846 confirmed cases and 2,042 probable, 129 deaths and 24 probable; and Marquette County, 11,819 confirmed cases, 3,023 probable and 111 deaths, 10 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Friday had 1,842 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan since Wednesday, or an average of 921 per day for the two-day period, for a total to date of 2,060,698. The state since Wednesday added 68 deaths attributed to the virus — including 54 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 32,118.
The state issues new COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Friday had Marinette County with no changes since Wednesday at 11,505 COVID-19 positives and 113 deaths; Vilas County, 5,184 positives, up three, and 87 deaths, up two; Forest County, unchanged at 2,666 positives and 50 deaths; Iron County, 1,458 positives, no change, and 47 deaths, up one; and Florence County, unchanged at 1,075 positives and 15 deaths.





