Local data: 43 more virus cases in Iron, plus a new death
Local data Thursday showed area COVID-19 activity declined in the past week, although Iron County did report a new coronavirus-related death.
Iron County had 43 confirmed positives since Sept. 1, after three straight weeks of 60-some cases, while Dickinson County had 38, down from 51 the previous week, according to figures posted Thursday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page.
Dickinson County also had 24 probable coronavirus positives over the seven-day period and Iron County four. The DIDHD reclassified 84 people in Dickinson County and 47 in Iron County as recovered from the virus.
The DIDHD on Thursday had Dickinson County at 5,678 confirmed positives and 2,803 probable cases to date, with 8,046 recovered, 117 deaths and 318 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 2,857 confirmed cases to date and 399 probables, with 2,913 recovered, 88 deaths and 255 active cases.
On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 280 confirmed positives since Aug. 30 to the Upper Peninsula’s tally: 46 in Iron and Marquette counties, 37 in Dickinson County, 30 in Houghton County, 24 in Chippewa County, 21 in Menominee County, 20 in Delta County, 13 in Gogebic County, 12 in Mackinac County, 10 in Schoolcraft County, eight in Ontonagon and Luce counties, three in Alger County and two in Keweenaw County.
The state listed only one new virus-related death, in Delta County.
Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 58,756 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 893 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 551 confirmed cases and 61 probable, and 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 744 confirmed cases and 860 probable, 14 confirmed deaths and two probable deaths; Ontonagon County, 1,071 confirmed, 123 probable and 38 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,188 confirmed, 781 probable and eight deaths, seven probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,225 confirmed cases and 782 probable, 14 deaths and three probable; Mackinac County, 1,847 confirmed cases and 947 probable, 29 deaths and four probable; Baraga County, 1,943 confirmed cases, 397 probable and 55 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,841 confirmed cases and 376 probable, 71 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 3,224 confirmed cases and 594 probable, 42 deaths and 31 probable; Chippewa County, 3,914 confirmed cases and 5,654 probable, and 91 deaths, 17 probable; Menominee County, 4,389 confirmed cases, 1,968 probable and 62 deaths, 12 probable; Dickinson County, 5,646 confirmed cases and 2,786 probable, 93 deaths and 23 probable; Houghton County, 7,722 confirmed cases, 1,201 probable, 91 deaths and 12 probable; Delta County, 8,546 confirmed cases and 2,684 probable, 138 deaths and 27 probable; and Marquette County, 13,905 confirmed cases, 3,717 probable and 135 deaths, 14 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Tuesday had 15,854 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since Aug. 30, or an average of about 2,265 cases per day for the week, for a total of 2,786,213 cases since COVID tracking began. The state for that time period added 83 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 38,121.
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 13,135 COVID-19 positives so far, up 117 since Sept. 1, and 135 deaths, up one; Vilas County, 6,000 positives, up 27, and 96 deaths, up one; Forest County, 3,092 positives, up 18, and 52 deaths; Iron County, 1,635 positives, up three, and 49 deaths, up one; and Florence County, 1,235 positives, up 14, and 17 deaths.






