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Local data: 37 new virus cases, one more death in Dickinson

Local data Thursday showed Dickinson County had 37 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the past six days — along with a new death blamed on the virus — while Iron County reported 20 new cases.

Dickinson County also had 14 probable coronavirus positives but Iron County only one probable since July 22, according to figures posted Thursday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page. The DIDHD reclassified 17 people in Dickinson County and 27 in Iron County as recovered from the virus.

The DIDHD on Thursday had Dickinson County at 5,400 confirmed positives and 2,614 probable cases to date, with 7,669 recovered, 116 deaths and 229 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 2,569 confirmed cases to date and 377 probables, with 2,746 recovered, 87 deaths and 113 active cases.

On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 475 confirmed positives since July 19 to the Upper Peninsula’s overall tally: 124 in Marquette County, 75 in Houghton County, 54 in Dickinson County, 42 in Delta County, 32 in Gogebic County, 29 in Menominee County, 26 in Baraga County, 20 in Iron and Chippewa counties, 19 in Schoolcraft County, 11 in Ontonagon County, eight in Keweenaw County, seven in Mackinac County, and four in Alger and Luce counties. The state listed a single new virus-related death in Delta and Marquette counties.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 56,441 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 874 deaths since pandemic tracking first began in March 2020.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 528 confirmed cases and 59 probable, and 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 696 confirmed cases and 843 probable, 14 confirmed deaths and two probable deaths; Ontonagon County, 986 confirmed, 114 probable and 37 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,140 confirmed cases, 737 probable and eight deaths, seven probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,154 confirmed cases and 771 probable, 13 deaths and three probable; Mackinac County, 1,772 confirmed cases and 911 probable, 28 deaths and three probable; Baraga County, 1,885 confirmed cases, 357 probable and 53 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,553 confirmed cases and 358 probable, 71 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 3,108 confirmed cases and 574 probable, 41 deaths and 30 probable; Chippewa County, 3,777 confirmed cases and 5,459 probable, and 89 deaths, 17 probable; Menominee County, 4,233 confirmed cases, 1,837 probable and 61 deaths, 12 probable; Dickinson County, 5,376 confirmed cases and 2,601 probable, 92 deaths and 23 probable; Houghton County, 7,422 confirmed cases, 1,169 probable, 88 deaths and 12 probable; Delta County, 8,379 confirmed cases and 2,453 probable, 137 deaths and 27 probable; and Marquette County, 13,432 confirmed cases, 3,501 probable and 130 deaths, 11 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Tuesday had 19,653 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since July 19, or an average of about 2,808 cases per day for the week, for a total of 2,672,312 cases since COVID tracking began. The state for that time period added 137 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 37,428.

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

For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Thursday had Marinette County at 12,553 COVID-19 positives so far, up 78 since July 22, and 132 deaths; Vilas County, 5,778 positives, up 40, and 91 deaths; Forest County, 2,953 positives, up 33, and 52 deaths; Iron County, 1,592 positives, up eight, and 48 deaths; and Florence County, 1,159 positives, up five, and 17 deaths.

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