For The Daily Press

ESCANABA — State COVID-19 data Thursday showed three new confirmed positives in Delta and Menominee counties, with Menominee having a new virus-related death as well.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Thursday listed a total of 27 new confirmed cases in the Upper Peninsula: 10 in Houghton County, six in Marquette County, five in Chippewa County, three in both Delta and Menominee counties, and one each in Iron and Gogebic counties; Baraga and Dickinson counties’ counts were reduced by one. Along with Menominee County, Iron County recorded a new death.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Thursday has had 16,717 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 393 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Thursday had Keweenaw County at 121 confirmed cases and 30 probable, and one death and one probable death; Luce County, 133 confirmed cases and 107 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 235 confirmed cases and 36 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 280 confirmed, 158 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 297 confirmed cases and 156 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 367 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 512 confirmed cases, 103 probable and 33 deaths; Chippewa County, 755 confirmed cases and 1,062 probable, and 24 deaths, four probable; Iron County, 868 confirmed cases and 60 probable, 41 confirmed deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 952 confirmed cases and 351 probable, 21 confirmed deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,634 confirmed cases, 272 probable and 38 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,152 confirmed cases and 247 probable, 55 confirmed deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,190 confirmed cases, 546 probable, 31 confirmed deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 2,713 confirmed cases and 497 probable, 66 confirmed deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,508 confirmed cases, 544 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 Thursday posted 2,629 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total of 618,421. The state added 25 new deaths Thursday — including 24 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — to reach 15,835.