For The Daily Press

ESCANABA — State COVID-19 data Tuesday showed two new confirmed positives in both Delta and Menominee counties.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Tuesday listed a total of 36 new confirmed cases: 16 in Houghton County; nine in Chippewa County; six in Marquette County; and two in Delta, Menominee and Baraga counties; Dickinson County’s count was reduced by one.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 16,878 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 394 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 122 confirmed cases and 31 probable, and one death and one probable death; Luce County, 134 confirmed cases and 111 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 237 confirmed cases and 37 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 283 confirmed, 161 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 304 confirmed cases and 166 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 371 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 513 confirmed cases, 107 probable and 33 deaths; Chippewa County, 783 confirmed cases and 1,092 probable, and 24 deaths, four probable; Iron County, 869 confirmed cases and 62 probable, 42 confirmed deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 956 confirmed cases and 354 probable, 21 confirmed deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,642 confirmed cases, 274 probable and 38 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,164 confirmed cases and 251 probable, 55 confirmed deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,236 confirmed cases, 546 probable, 31 confirmed deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 2,730 confirmed cases and 499 probable, 66 confirmed deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,536 confirmed cases, 564 probable and 55 deaths, one probable. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Tuesday posted 3,579 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total of 633,191. The state added 16 new deaths Tuesday — including eight that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — to reach 15,919.