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New local COVID-19 cases in single digits

ESCANABA — Local health officials Tuesday reported six more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Delta County but no new cases in Menominee County.

The Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website update Tuesday also added two probable positives in Delta County and one in Menominee County. Neither county reported a new coronavirus-related death.

As of Tuesday, Delta County has had 3,332 confirmed positives, 679 probable cases and 92 deaths, according to PHDMC. Menominee County had 1,783 confirmed, 325 probable and 40 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.

State data Tuesday had seven new confirmed positives in Delta County, two in Schoolcraft County but none in Menominee County. The state also recorded two new deaths in Delta County and one in Menominee County, but both already had been listed by PHDMC. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Tuesday added 36 new confirmed positives: seven in Delta County; six in Marquette and Baraga counties; five in Houghton County; four in Luce County; three in Mackinac County; two in Schoolcraft County; and one each in Dickinson, Alger and Chippewa counties. Delta and Menominee counties had the only deaths recorded for the region.

Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 19,796 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 426 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 143 confirmed cases and 33 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 206 confirmed cases and 229 probable, two confirmed death and one probable death; Alger County, 321 confirmed, 192 probable and two deaths, four probable; Schoolcraft County, 333 confirmed cases and 79 probable, four deaths and one probable; Ontonagon County, 408 confirmed, 56 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 439 confirmed cases and 244 probable, three deaths; Baraga County, 657 confirmed cases, 123 probable and 37 deaths;Iron County, 974 confirmed cases and 68 probable, 42 deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 1,032 confirmed cases and 362 probable, 22 deaths and 28 probable; Chippewa County, 1,066 confirmed cases and 1,386 probable, and 28 deaths, five probable; Menominee County, 1,780 confirmed cases, 323 probable and 40 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,385 confirmed cases and 331 probable, 59 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,502 confirmed cases, 605 probable, 32 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,323 confirmed cases and 672 probable, 74 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,227 confirmed cases, 811 probable and 60 deaths, one probable.

The MDHHS on Tuesday posted 1,271 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total to date of 878,125. The state Tuesday had 83 deaths attributed to the virus — including 27 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — to reach 18,710.

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