For The Daily Press

ESCANABA — State COVID-19 data Thursday showed 87 more confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula, with Marquette and Delta counties accounting for more than 50 of those cases.

Locally, the Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website showed 20 more confirmed positives in Delta County and two more in Menominee County since its last update Monday. No new deaths were recorded in either county.

As of Wednesday, Delta County has had 2,843 confirmed cases, 539 probable cases and 86 deaths, according to PHDMC. Menominee County had 1,667 confirmed cases, 291 probable and 39 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.

For the U.P., the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Thursday listed 28 new positives in Marquette County; 24 in Delta County; nine in Dickinson County; five in Houghton, Mackinac and Chippewa counties; four in

Menominee County; three in Baraga County; two in Gogebic County; and one each in Iron and Luce counties.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Thursday has had 17,669 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 400 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Thursday had Keweenaw County at 125 confirmed cases and 32 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 148 confirmed cases and 143 probable, one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 269 confirmed cases and 49 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 293 confirmed, 174 probable and one death, four probable; Mackinac County, 337 confirmed cases and 186 probable, three deaths; Ontonagon County, 378 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Baraga County, 524 confirmed cases, 110 probable and 33 deaths; Iron County, 889 confirmed cases and 62 probable, 42 deaths and nine probable; Chippewa County, 903 confirmed cases and 1,236 probable, and 25 deaths, five probable; Gogebic County, 977 confirmed cases and 357 probable, 22 deaths and 28 probable; Menominee County, 1,668 confirmed cases, 291 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,223 confirmed cases and 271 probable, 55 deaths and 16 probable; Houghton County, 2,321 confirmed cases, 569 probable, 32 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 2,876 confirmed cases and 534 probable, 68 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 3,738 confirmed cases, 684 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 7,819 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total of 723,297. The state added 73 new deaths — including 43 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — to reach 16,400.