U.P. adds 51 new virus cases
ESCANABA — Data from local health officials Tuesday showed five more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Delta County but only one new case in Menominee County.
The Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website update Tuesday also listed six additional probable cases in Delta County. Neither county recorded a new death.
As of Tuesday, Delta County has had 3,293 confirmed positives, 676 probable cases and 90 deaths, according to PHDMC. Menominee County had 1,776 confirmed, 320 probable and 40 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.
State data Tuesday had seven new confirmed positives in Delta County, four in Menominee County and three in Schoolcraft County. The state also had a new death in Delta County, one more than the PHDMC’s tally.
For the U.P., the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website
Tuesday added 51 new confirmed positives: 10 in Marquette County; seven in Delta County; six in Houghton County; five in Baraga County; four in Menominee, Luce and Chippewa counties; three in Schoolcraft and Dickinson counties; two in Iron and Mackinac counties; and one in Ontonagon County. Delta County had the only new death in the region.
Using only the state’s figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 19,574 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 418 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 142 confirmed cases and 31 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 192 confirmed cases and 214 probable, one confirmed death and one probable death; Alger County, 319 confirmed, 190 probable and two deaths, four probable; Schoolcraft County, 323 confirmed cases and 69 probable, four deaths and one probable; Ontonagon County, 401 confirmed, 57 probable and 20 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 415 confirmed cases and 232 probable, three deaths; Baraga County, 631 confirmed cases, 121 probable and 36 deaths; Iron County, 963 confirmed cases and 67 probable, 42 deaths and nine probable; Gogebic County, 1,018 confirmed cases and 361 probable, 22 deaths and 28 probable; Chippewa County, 1,057 confirmed cases and 1,378 probable, and 28 deaths, five probable; Menominee County, 1,766 confirmed cases, 318 probable and 39 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,375 confirmed cases and 326 probable, 59 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,484 confirmed cases, 603 probable, 32 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,286 confirmed cases and 666 probable, 72 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,202 confirmed cases, 797 probable and 57 deaths, one probable. State numbers are updated almost daily but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Tuesday posted 1,992 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan for a total to date of 867,341. The state Tuesday had 99 deaths attributed to the virus — including 32 that happened earlier but recently were verified through vital records and testing, according to the MDHHS — to reach 18,338.




