U.P. virus cases at 17,071
ESCANABA — State COVID-19 data Saturday showed seven new confirmed positives in Delta County and two in Menominee County.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Saturday listed a total of 30 new confirmed positives: seven in Delta and Houghton counties; four in Marquette County; three in Chippewa County; two in Menominee, Dickinson, Mackinac and Luce counties; and one each in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties; Keweenaw County’s count was reduced by one.
Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Saturday has had 17,071 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 397 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Saturday had Keweenaw County at 124 confirmed cases and 31 probable, and one death and one probable death; Luce County, 137 confirmed cases and 112 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 242 confirmed cases and 38 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 284 confirmed, 160 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 312 confirmed cases and 168 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 375 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 517 confirmed cases, 106 probable and 33 deaths; Chippewa County, 830 confirmed cases and 1,133 probable, and 25 deaths, five probable; Iron County, 872 confirmed cases and 61 probable, 42 confirmed deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 963 confirmed cases and 357 probable, 21 confirmed deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,648 confirmed cases, 275 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,176 confirmed cases and 250 probable, 55 confirmed deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,256 confirmed cases, 551 probable, 31 confirmed deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 2,757 confirmed cases and 510 probable, 67 confirmed deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,578 confirmed cases, 589 probable and 55 deaths, one probable. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.



