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22 new virus cases, 1 death in Delta County

ESCANABA — State COVID-19 data Saturday showed 22 more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Delta County, the largest rise for the day in the Upper Peninsula, along with a new death.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Saturday listed 64 new confirmed cases: the 22 in Delta County; 19 in Marquette County; five in Menominee and Iron counties; three in Dickinson County; two in Gogebic, Mackinac and Chippewa counties; and one each in Baraga, Luce, Keweenaw and Houghton counties. Delta County had the only new death.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Saturday has had 18,401 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 404 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Saturday had Keweenaw County at 136 confirmed cases and 31 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 160 confirmed cases and 159 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 275 confirmed cases and 50 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 299 confirmed, 182 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 364 confirmed cases and 215 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 388 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 533 confirmed cases, 111 probable and 33 deaths; Iron County, 909 confirmed cases and 62 probable, 42 deaths and nine probable; Chippewa County, 969 confirmed cases and 1,290 probable, and 27 deaths, five probable; Gogebic County, 994 confirmed cases and 358 probable, 22 deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,702 confirmed cases, 302 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,305 confirmed cases and 291 probable, 56 deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,394 confirmed cases, 587 probable, 32 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,041 confirmed cases and 568 probable, 68 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,932 confirmed cases, 729 probable and 56 deaths, one probable. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Saturday posted 5,530 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total to date of 785,307. The state recorded 69 new deaths Saturday — including 60 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — to reach 16,840.

The state no longer updates virus figures on Sundays.

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