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Local data: New death, 37 new cases in Dickinson

COVID-19 activity rose in Dickinson County in the past week, with health officials Thursday reporting 37 new confirmed positives, along with another death blamed on the virus.

Iron County had 18 new confirmed cases since June 2, the same number as in the previous week.

Dickinson County also had 14 probable virus cases and Iron County one probable in the past seven days, according to figures posted Thursday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page.

The DIDHD reclassified 40 people in Dickinson County and 11 in Iron County as recovered from the virus.

The DIDHD on Thursday had Dickinson County at 5,197 confirmed positives and 2,496 probable cases to date, with 7,386 recovered, 112 deaths and 195 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 2,407 confirmed cases to date and 348 probables, with 2,593 recovered, 87 deaths and 75 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 June 1: 96 in Marquette County, 44 in Houghton County, 37 in Delta County, 33 in Dickinson County, 31 in Menominee County, 23 in Chippewa County, 20 in Gogebic County, 16 in Iron County, 12 in Mackinac County, 10 in Ontonagon County, nine in Baraga County, eight in Alger County, five in Schoolcraft County, four in Keweenaw County and three in Luce County.

The state recorded one virus-related death in Houghton, Marquette and Ontonagon counties; Keweenaw County’s toll was reduced by one.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 54,044 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 851 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 489 confirmed cases and 57 probable, and 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 677 confirmed cases and 817 probable, 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 936 confirmed, 110 probable and 37 deaths, three probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,101 confirmed cases and 744 probable, 13 deaths and three probable; Alger County, 1,102 confirmed, 685 probable and eight deaths, five probable; Mackinac County, 1,712 confirmed cases and 901 probable, 28 deaths and three probable; Baraga County, 1,794 confirmed cases, 333 probable and 52 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,398 confirmed cases and 343 probable, 71 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 2,845 confirmed cases and 544 probable, 40 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 3,681 confirmed cases and 5,345 probable, and 86 deaths, 17 probable; Menominee County, 4,085 confirmed cases, 1,745 probable and 61 deaths, 10 probable; Dickinson County, 5,176 confirmed cases and 2,489 probable, 88 deaths and 22 probable; Houghton County, 7,047 confirmed cases, 1,147 probable, 85 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 8,123 confirmed cases and 2,215 probable, 134 deaths and 24 probable; and Marquette County, 12,878 confirmed cases, 3,298 probable and 124 deaths, 11 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Wednesday had 18,453 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since June 1, or an average of about 2,636 cases per day for the week’s span, for a total of 2,565,819 cases since COVID tracking began. The state for the week added 131 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 36,538.

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 12,069 COVID-19 positives, up 79 since June 2, and 128 deaths; Vilas County, 5,411 positives, up 41, and 89 deaths; Forest County, 2,771 positives, up 28, and 52 deaths; Iron County, 1,511 positives, up seven, and 47 deaths; and Florence County, 1,116 positives, up 10, and 17 deaths.

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