Local data: Dickinson has another virus death, 24 new cases
Dickinson and Iron counties saw roughly the same amount of COVID-19 activity in the past week, with 24 and 23 new confirmed positives, respectively, though Dickinson County also had another death blamed on the virus, local health officials reported Thursday.
Dickinson County also had 14 probable virus cases and Iron County six probables since June 9, according to figures posted Thursday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page.
The DIDHD reclassifed 54 people in Dickinson County and 17 in Iron County as recovered from the virus.
The DIDHD on Thursday had Dickinson County at 5,221 confirmed positives and 2,510 probable cases to date, with 7,440 recovered, 113 deaths and 178 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 2,430 confirmed cases to date and 354 probables, with 2,610 recovered, 87 deaths and 87 active cases.
On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday added 308 confirmed positives to the Upper Peninsula’s tally since June 8: 75 in Marquette County, 43 in Houghton County, 39 in Delta County, 30 in Gogebic County, 25 in Dickinson County, 20 in Menominee and Iron counties, 18 in Chippewa County, 14 in Baraga County, 10 in Mackinac County, five in Keweenaw County, four in Alger County, three in Ontonagon County and one each in Schoolcraft and Luce counties. The state recorded a virus-related death in Dickinson, Marquette and Houghton counties.
Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 54,352 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 854 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 494 confirmed cases and 58 probable, and 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 678 confirmed cases and 821 probable, 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 939 confirmed, 110 probable and 37 deaths, three probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,102 confirmed cases and 749 probable, 13 deaths and three probable; Alger County, 1,106 confirmed, 690 probable and eight deaths, five probable; Mackinac County, 1,722 confirmed cases and 903 probable, 28 deaths and three probable; Baraga County, 1,808 confirmed cases, 337 probable and 52 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,418 confirmed cases and 349 probable, 71 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 2,875 confirmed cases and 545 probable, 40 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 3,699 confirmed cases and 5,360 probable, and 86 deaths, 17 probable; Menominee County, 4,105 confirmed cases, 1,752 probable and 61 deaths, 10 probable; Dickinson County, 5,201 confirmed cases and 2,503 probable, 89 deaths and 22 probable; Houghton County, 7,090 confirmed cases, 1,148 probable, 86 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 8,162 confirmed cases and 2,255 probable, 134 deaths and 24 probable; and Marquette County, 12,953 confirmed cases, 3,323 probable and 125 deaths, 11 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Wednesday had 15,578 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since June 8, or an average of about 2,225 cases per day for the week’s span, for a total of 2,581,397 cases since COVID tracking began. The state for the week added 137 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 36,675.
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 12,123 COVID-19 positives, up 54 since June 9, and 129 deaths, up one; Vilas County, 5,467 positives, up 56, and 90 deaths, up one; Forest County, 2,797 positives, up 26, and 52 deaths; Iron County, 1,517 positives, up six, and 48 deaths, up one; and Florence County, 1,120 positives, up four, and 17 deaths.


