Local health data Friday showed another two deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Dickinson County, making for five deaths in the past four weeks, even as confirmed virus cases continue to decline.

Dickinson County had 28 new confirmed positives since Dec. 8, 19 fewer than the previous week. Iron County, however, had 24 new cases, 16 more than a week ago, according to figures posted Friday on the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department’s Facebook page.

Dickinson County also had 11 probable cases. The DIDHD reclassified 124 people in Dickinson County and 15 in Iron County as recovered from the virus.

The DIDHD on Friday had Dickinson County at 6,145 confirmed positives and 3,083 probable cases to date, with 8,884 recovered, 126 deaths and 218 cases still active. For Iron County, the agency had 3,057 confirmed cases to date and 415 probables, with 3,300 recovered, 98 deaths and 74 active cases. The deaths include confirmed and probable.

The DIDHD announced that Friday’s COVID-19 weekly case count will be its last. To see COVID case counts in the future, go online to https://www.michigan.gov/coronavirus/stats.

On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 280 confirmed positives since Dec. 6 to the Upper Peninsula’s tally: 54 in Marquette County, 44 in Dickinson County, 42 in Menominee County, 37 in Delta County, 21 in Houghton and Gogebic counties, 18 in Iron County, 17 in Baraga County, 11 in Schoolcraft County, seven in Chippewa County, three in Ontonagon County, two in Alger and Mackinac counties and one in Keweenaw County.

The state listed three confirmed virus-related deaths in Delta County and one in Dickinson, Marquette, Ontonagon and Chippewa counties; Menominee County’s toll was reduced by one.

Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 62,036 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 950 confirmed deaths since pandemic tracking began in March 2020.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 575 confirmed cases and 67 probable, and 14 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 762 confirmed cases and 874 probable, 16 confirmed deaths and four probable deaths; Ontonagon County, 1,166 confirmed, 138 probable and 41 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,259 confirmed, 817 probable and eight deaths, nine probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,335 confirmed cases and 816 probable, 14 deaths and four probable; Mackinac County, 1,929 confirmed cases and 983 probable, 33 deaths and five probable; Baraga County, 2,065 confirmed cases, 440 probable and 56 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 3,037 confirmed cases and 396 probable, 82 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 3,491 confirmed cases and 667 probable, 44 deaths and 32 probable; Chippewa County, 4,086 confirmed cases and 5,947 probable, and 97 deaths, 19 probable; Menominee County, 4,722 confirmed cases, 2,130 probable and 64 deaths, 13 probable; Dickinson County, 6,095 confirmed cases and 3,075 probable, 101 deaths and 24 probable; Houghton County, 8,118 confirmed cases, 1,231 probable, 93 deaths and 12 probable; Delta County, 8,933 confirmed cases and 3,173 probable, 143 deaths and 35 probable; and Marquette County, 14,463 confirmed cases, 4,042 probable and 144 deaths, 17 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Tuesday had 13,043 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since Dec. 6, or an average of about 1,863 cases per day for the seven-day period, for a total of 2,963,404 cases since COVID tracking began. The state since Dec. 6 added 181 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 40,508.

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 Friday had Marinette County at 14,049 COVID-19 positives so far, up 71 since Dec. 8, and 146 deaths; Vilas County, 6,335 positives, up 34, and 103 deaths, up one; Forest County, 3,266 positives, up 16, and 54 deaths; Iron County, 1,772 positives, up 22, and 49 deaths; and Florence County, 1,313 positives, up five, and 17 deaths.