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DIDHD: 55 new COVID positives in Dickinson

Local data Thursday showed Dickinson County had 55 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the past 10 days, while Iron County had only 10 new cases.

Dickinson County’s number was nine more than the previous report on Nov. 22, according to figures posted Thursday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page. Iron County held steady compared with Nov. 22.

Dickinson County also had seven probable cases. Neither county reported a death blamed on the virus. The DIDHD reclassified 73 people in Dickinson County and 23 in Iron County as recovered from the virus.

The DIDHD on Thursday had Dickinson County at 6,070 confirmed positives and 3,062 probable cases to date, with 8,697 recovered, 122 deaths and 313 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 3,025 confirmed cases to date and 414 probables, with 3,272 recovered, 98 deaths and 69 active cases. The deaths include confirmed and probable.

On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 206 confirmed positives since Nov. 22 to the Upper Peninsula’s tally: 43 in Dickinson County, 33 in Marquette County, 28 in Menominee County, 25 in Houghton County, 22 in Delta County, 11 in Iron and Gogebic counties, nine in Chippewa County, seven in Schoolcraft County, five in Ontonagon and Alger counties, four in Baraga County, two in Mackinac County and one in Luce County.

The state recorded a virus-related death in Dickinson — the county already had reported this — and Mackinac counties.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 61,539 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 940 deaths since pandemic tracking began in March 2020.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 572 confirmed cases and 67 probable, and 14 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 763 confirmed cases and 869 probable, 16 confirmed deaths and three probable deaths; Ontonagon County, 1,154 confirmed, 137 probable and 40 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,255 confirmed, 815 probable and eight deaths, nine probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,307 confirmed cases and 812 probable, 14 deaths and four probable; Mackinac County, 1,925 confirmed cases and 968 probable, 33 deaths and four probable; Baraga County, 2,034 confirmed cases, 439 probable and 56 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 3,013 confirmed cases and 395 probable, 82 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 3,449 confirmed cases and 661 probable, 44 deaths and 31 probable; Chippewa County, 4,065 confirmed cases and 5,930 probable, and 95 deaths, 18 probable; Menominee County, 4,658 confirmed cases, 2,123 probable and 64 deaths, 13 probable; Dickinson County, 6,031 confirmed cases and 3,059 probable, 98 deaths and 24 probable; Houghton County, 8,075 confirmed cases, 1,230 probable, 93 deaths and 12 probable; Delta County, 8,869 confirmed cases and 3,108 probable, 140 deaths and 34 probable; and Marquette County, 14,369 confirmed cases, 3,989 probable and 143 deaths, 16 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Tuesday had 8,831 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since Nov. 22, or an average of about 1,262 cases per day for the seven-day period, for a total of 2,938,443 cases since COVID tracking began. The state since Nov. 22 added 113 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 40,085.

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

For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Thursday had Marinette County at 13,907 COVID-19 positives so far, up 89 since Nov. 23, and 144 deaths, up one; Vilas County, 6,270 positives, up 34, and 100 deaths; Forest County, 3,236 positives, up 10, and 53 deaths; Iron County, 1,710 positives, up seven, and 49 deaths; and Florence County, 1,302 positives, up 11, and 17 deaths.

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