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ESCANABA Local health officials have recorded 48 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Delta County since Tuesday and 26 more cases -- plus two virus-related deaths -- in Menominee County.
Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties on Friday also raised Menominee County's probable case count by 24 and Delta County's probables by 13.
The PHDM website Friday had Delta County at 3,837 confirmed positives, 829 probable cases and 94 deaths. Menominee County has had 2,042 confirmed positives, 487 probables and 43 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.
On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday reported 232 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula: 78 in Marquette County, 34 in Delta County, 19 in Menominee and Houghton counties, 18 in Dickinson County, 14 in Chippewa County, 11 in Iron and Gogebic counties, nine in Mackinac County, seven in Alger and Baraga counties, four in Ontonagon County and one in Schoolcraft County. The state listed new deaths in Menominee and Marquette counties.
Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Friday has had 22,258 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 457 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Friday had Keweenaw County at 157 confirmed cases and 33 probable, and one confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 239 confirmed cases and 289 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Alger County, 372 confirmed, 228 probable and three deaths, four probable; Schoolcraft County, 406 confirmed cases and 113 probable, four deaths and one probable; Ontonagon County, 478 confirmed, 61 probable and 21 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 574 confirmed cases and 291 probable, four deaths; Baraga County, 779 confirmed cases, 141 probable and 41 deaths, one probable; Iron County, 1,104 confirmed cases and 95 probable, 43 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,189 confirmed cases and 372 probable, 24 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,221 confirmed cases and 1,573 probable, and 30 deaths, five probable; Menominee County, 2,035 confirmed cases, 479 probable and 43 deaths, three probable; Dickinson County, 2,557 confirmed cases and 539 probable, 60 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,719 confirmed cases, 632 probable, 37 deaths and eight probable; Delta County, 3,826 confirmed cases and 822 probable, 76 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,602 confirmed cases, 931 probable and 66 deaths, one probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Friday had 6,095 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan since Wednesday, or an average of 3,047 per day for the two days, for a total to date of 970,412. The state Friday added 59 deaths attributed to the virus -- including 44 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review -- to reach 20,506.
The state issues new COVID-19 figures on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.