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Delta County adds 17 new virus cases

ESCANABA — Delta County posted another 17 confirmed COVID-19 positives for a second straight day and Menominee County three new cases, data from local health officials showed Wednesday.

The Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website Wednesday also listed one more probable case in Delta County and five new probable cases in Menominee County.

As of Wednesday, Delta County has had 3,109 confirmed positives, 581 probable and 86 deaths, according to PHDMC. Menominee County had 1,719 confirmed cases, 310 probable and 39 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.

State COVID-19 data Wednesday also showed 17 more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Delta County — the highest gain in the Upper Peninsula — plus six cases in Menominee County and three in Schoolcraft County.

On a statewide level, Michigan on Wednesday surpassed 800,000 confirmed COVID-19 positives and 17,000 deaths.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Wednesday listed 66 new confirmed positives: the 17 in Delta County; 16 in Marquette County; eight in Dickinson County; seven in Houghton County; six in Menominee and Chippewa counties; three in Schoolcraft

County; two in Baraga County; and one each in Iron, Luce and Gogebic counties; Keweenaw County’s count was reduced by two.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 18,614 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 405 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 136 confirmed cases and 31 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 164 confirmed cases and 164 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 282 confirmed cases and 53 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 301 confirmed, 185 probable and two deaths, four probable; Mackinac County, 370 confirmed cases and 218 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 390 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 541 confirmed cases, 111 probable and 33 deaths; Iron County, 913 confirmed cases and 63 probable, 42 deaths and nine probable; Chippewa County, 989 confirmed cases and 1,308 probable, and 27 deaths, five probable; Gogebic County, 997 confirmed cases and 358 probable, 22 deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,715 confirmed cases, 306 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,321 confirmed cases and 299 probable, 56 deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,408 confirmed cases, 594 probable, 32 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,095 confirmed cases and 576 probable, 68 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,992 confirmed cases, 752 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 Wednesday posted 5,584 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total to date of 804,724. The state recorded 45 deaths attributed to the virus Wednesday to reach 17,031.

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