Local COVID-19 activity ticked up slightly in the past week, with health officials Thursday reporting 29 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and 18 in Iron County since May 27.

Dickinson County also had 12 probable virus cases and Iron County one probable in the past six days, according to figures posted Thursday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page.

The DIDHD reclassifed 27 people in Dickinson County and six in Iron County as recovered from the virus.

The DIDHD on Thursday had Dickinson County at 5,160 confirmed positives and 2,482 probable cases to date, with 7,346 recovered, 111 deaths and 185 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 2,389 confirmed cases to date and 347 probables, with 2,582 recovered, 87 deaths and 67 active cases.

On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday added 351 confirmed positives to the Upper Peninsula’s tally since May 25: 100 in Marquette County, 39 in Delta County, 35 in Houghton County, 30 in Dickinson and Baraga counties, 27 in Chippewa County, 22 in Iron County, 17 in Mackinac County, 15 in Menominee County, 12 in Ontonagon County, 11 in Gogebic County, five in Alger County, and four in Keweenaw and Luce counties. The state recorded two virus-related deaths in Houghton County and one each in Delta, Menominee, Marquette and Ontonagon counties; Chippewa County’s toll was reduced by one.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 53,693 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 849 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 485 confirmed cases and 57 probable, and 13 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 674 confirmed cases and 805 probable, 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 926 confirmed, 110 probable and 36 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,094 confirmed, 674 probable and eight deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,096 confirmed cases and 725 probable, 13 deaths and three probable; Mackinac County, 1,700 confirmed cases and 882 probable, 28 deaths and three probable; Baraga County, 1,785 confirmed cases, 329 probable and 52 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,382 confirmed cases and 342 probable, 71 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 2,825 confirmed cases and 542 probable, 40 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 3,658 confirmed cases and 5,315 probable, and 86 deaths, 17 probable; Menominee County, 4,054 confirmed cases, 1,734 probable and 61 deaths, 10 probable; Dickinson County, 5,143 confirmed cases and 2,475 probable, 88 deaths and 22 probable; Houghton County, 7,003 confirmed cases, 1,126 probable, 84 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 8,086 confirmed cases and 2,189 probable, 134 deaths and 24 probable; and Marquette County, 12,782 confirmed cases, 3,258 probable and 123 deaths, 11 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Wednesday had 19,535 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since May 25, or an average of about 2,791 cases per day for the week’s span, for a total of 2,547,366 cases since COVID tracking began. The state for the week added 50 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 36,407.

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 Thursday had Marinette County at 11,990 COVID-19 positives, up 53 since May 27, and 128 deaths; Vilas County, 5,370 positives, up 38, and 89 deaths; Forest County, 2,743 positives, up 14, and 52 deaths; Iron County, 1,504 positives, up nine, and 47 deaths; and Florence County, 1,106 positives, up two, and 17 deaths.