State data indicates area COVID-19 activity stayed relatively steady in the past week.

Dickinson County recorded 23 new confirmed virus positives since Feb. 28, two fewer than the previous week, according to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website. Iron County had 11 new cases, down one compared with the week before. Neither county reported a new virus-related death in the seven-day span.

The MDHHS website Tuesday added 302 confirmed COVID-19 positives since Feb. 28, up 84 from the previous week, to the Upper Peninsula’s tally: 123 in Marquette County, 44 in Houghton County, 41 in Chippewa County, 23 in Dickinson County, 19 in Menominee County, 17 in Delta County, 11 in Iron County, seven in Baraga County, six in Gogebic County, three in Keweenaw and Alger counties, two in Ontonagon and Luce counties and one in Mackinac County.

The U.P. had only one confirmed virus-related death, in Delta County.

Based on the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 64,111 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 988 confirmed deaths since pandemic tracking began in March 2020.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 599 confirmed cases and 65 probable, and 15 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 786 confirmed cases and 890 probable, 17 confirmed deaths and five probable deaths; Ontonagon County, 1,201 confirmed, 143 probable and 42 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,290 confirmed, 835 probable and nine deaths, 10 probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,409 confirmed cases and 825 probable, 14 deaths and five probable; Mackinac County, 1,946 confirmed cases and 1,051 probable, 34 deaths and six probable; Baraga County, 2,155 confirmed cases, 458 probable and 60 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 3,186 confirmed cases and 428 probable, 84 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 3,604 confirmed cases and 702 probable, 44 deaths and 34 probable; Chippewa County, 4,239 confirmed cases and 6,044 probable, and 99 deaths, 21 probable; Menominee County, 4,951 confirmed cases, 2,232 probable and 69 deaths, 16 probable; Dickinson County, 6,280 confirmed cases and 3,110 probable, 106 deaths and 25 probable; Houghton County, 8,335 confirmed cases, 1,252 probable, 96 deaths and 12 probable; Delta County, 9,140 confirmed cases and 3,332 probable, 152 deaths and 39 probable; and Marquette County, 14,990 confirmed cases, 4,386 probable and 147 deaths, 23 probable.

The MDHHS on Tuesday added 6,903 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since Feb. 28, down 580 for the week, or an average of about 986 cases per day for the seven-day period, for a total of 3,064,125 cases since COVID tracking began. The state since Feb. 28 recorded 109 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus, down 30, to reach 42,205.

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 Wednesday had Marinette County at 14,573 COVID-19 positives so far, up 47 since March 1, and 149 deaths; Vilas County, 6,510 positives, up 16, and 108 deaths; Forest County, 3,346 positives, up 16, and 56 deaths; Iron County, 1,816 positives, up two, and 50 deaths; and Florence County, 1,349 positives, up two, and 17 deaths.