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ESCANABA -- State COVID-19 data Tuesday showed four new confirmed positives in Delta County, two in Schoolcraft County and a new virus-related death in Menominee County.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services' coronavirus website Tuesday listed 25 new confirmed cases in the Upper Peninsula: seven in Marquette County, five in Chippewa County, the four in Delta County, three in Houghton and Mackinac counties, the two in Schoolcraft County and one each in Dickinson and Alger counties; Menominee County's count was reduced by one. Along with the new death in Menominee County, the state reported two new deaths in Chippewa County attributed to the virus.
Using only the state's figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 16,655 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 392 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 118 confirmed cases and 30 probable, and one death and one probable death; Luce County, 132 confirmed cases and 107 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 235 confirmed cases and 34 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 280 confirmed, 157 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 297 confirmed cases and 156 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 366 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 512 confirmed cases, 103 probable and 33 deaths; Chippewa County, 748 confirmed cases and 1,054 probable, and 25 deaths, four probable; Iron County, 867 confirmed cases and 60 probable, 40 confirmed deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 951 confirmed cases and 347 probable, 21 confirmed deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,630 confirmed cases, 272 probable and 37 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,144 confirmed cases and 246 probable, 55 confirmed deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,174 confirmed cases, 532 probable, 31 confirmed deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 2,705 confirmed cases and 492 probable, 66 confirmed deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,498 confirmed cases, 533 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 2,048 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total of 612,628. The state added 27 new deaths -- including six that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS -- to reach 15,810.