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Local data: 24 new virus positives in Dickinson, 12 in Iron

Local health officials Thursday reported 24 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and 12 in Iron County in the previous six days.

Dickinson County also had 24 probable virus cases and Iron County two probables since May 13, according to figures posted Thursday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page.

Eight people were reclassified as recovered from the virus in Dickinson County, five in Iron County.

The DIDHD on Thursday had Dickinson County at 5,104 confirmed positives and 2,458 probable cases to date, with 7,278 recovered, 111 deaths and 173 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 2,356 confirmed cases to date and 343 probables, with 2,572 recovered, 87 deaths and 40 active cases.

On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday added 517 confirmed positives to the Upper Peninsula’s tally since May 11: 188 in Marquette County, 57 in Houghton County, 55 in Chippewa County, 52 in Delta County, 34 in Mackinac County, 32 in Menominee County, 26 in Gogebic County, 23 in Dickinson County, 12 in Iron County, nine in Baraga and Keweenaw counties, seven in Ontonagon County, five in Schoolcraft and Alger counties, and three in Luce County.

The only virus-related death the state recorded in the Upper Peninsula for the week came in Iron County, although it was not reflected in the local tally.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 52,900 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 840 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 477 confirmed cases and 55 probable, and 13 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 669 confirmed cases and 793 probable, 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 907 confirmed, 108 probable and 35 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,070 confirmed, 672 probable and eight deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,090 confirmed cases and 696 probable, 13 deaths and three probable; Mackinac County, 1,657 confirmed cases and 864 probable, 28 deaths and three probable; Baraga County, 1,741 confirmed cases, 322 probable and 51 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,349 confirmed cases and 338 probable, 71 deaths and 16 probable; Gogebic County, 2,797 confirmed cases and 531 probable, 40 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 3,605 confirmed cases and 5,231 probable, and 87 deaths, 17 probable; Menominee County, 4,013 confirmed cases, 1,718 probable and 60 deaths, 10 probable; Dickinson County, 5,088 confirmed cases and 2,448 probable, 88 deaths and 22 probable; Houghton County, 6,924 confirmed cases, 1,118 probable, 81 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 8,015 confirmed cases and 2,125 probable, 133 deaths and 24 probable; and Marquette County, 12,498 confirmed cases, 3,169 probable and 120 deaths, 10 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Wednesday had 29,267 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since May 11, or an average of 4,181 per day for the week’s span, for a total of 2,501,863 cases since COVID tracking began. The state for the week added 78 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 36,218.

The state updates COVID-19 data once a week, on Wednesdays.

For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Friday had Marinette County at 11,860 COVID-19 positives, up 100 since May 13, and 127 deaths; Vilas County, 5,299 positives, up 29, and 89 deaths; Forest County, 2,704 positives, up 10, and 52 deaths; Iron County, 1,490 positives, up eight, and 47 deaths; and Florence County, 1,095 positives, up two, and 17 deaths.

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