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ESCANABA -- State and local data Monday showed COVID-19 cases continuing to climb in Delta County, with new confirmed positives reaching into the mid-20s over the weekend, again the highest jump in the Upper Peninsula.
Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties on Monday posted 25 new confirmed cases in Delta County. The PHDM, which Thursday revealed the delta variant had been detected in Delta County, now has recorded 60 new COVID-19 positives in a week's time in Delta.
On its website Monday, the PHDM also added six new confirmed positives and six probable cases in Menominee County.
The PHDM website Monday had Delta County at 3,441 confirmed positives, 731 probable cases and 94 deaths. Menominee County has had 1,834 confirmed positives, 356 probable and 40 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.
At the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website on Monday listed 71 new confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula, with only three of the 15 counties not adding cases over the three-day period: 27 in Delta County; 13 in Houghton County; eight in Menominee County; five in Dickinson and Gogebic counties; three in Iron and Marquette counties; two in Chippewa and Baraga counties; and one each in Schoolcraft, Alger and Mackinac counties. The state also lowered Luce County's count by two.
Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Monday has had 20,468 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 446 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Monday had Keweenaw County at 142 confirmed cases and 32 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 229 confirmed cases and 255 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Alger County, 324 confirmed, 196 probable and three deaths, four probable; Schoolcraft County, 357 confirmed cases and 86 probable, four deaths and one probable; Ontonagon County, 425 confirmed, 62 probable and 21 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 466 confirmed cases and 256 probable, three deaths; Baraga County, 703 confirmed cases, 130 probable and 39 deaths; Iron County, 1,009 confirmed cases and 73 probable, 43 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,106 confirmed cases and 369 probable, 24 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,137 confirmed cases and 1,442 probable, and 29 deaths, six probable; Menominee County, 1,831 confirmed cases, 354 probable and 41 deaths, two probable; Dickinson County, 2,445 confirmed cases and 354 probable, 59 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,572 confirmed cases, 609 probable, 35 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,436 confirmed cases and 726 probable, 76 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,286 confirmed cases, 839 probable and 64 deaths, one probable. State figures are updated regularly but can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Monday had 2,720 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan since Friday, or an average of 906 per day for the three days, for a total to date of 913,220. The state Monday added eight deaths attributed to the virus -- including six that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review -- to reach 19,958.
The state in July began posting new COVID data only twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, when the level of virus activity slowed. With cases rising again, updates will be provided on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting this week.