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ESCANABA Local data Monday showed Delta County has had 37 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the past three days, along with another death blamed on the virus, while Menominee County added 16 cases.
Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties also listed 12 probable cases in Menominee County and nine probables in Delta County since Friday.
The PHDM website Monday had Delta County at 5,262 confirmed positives, 1,187 probable cases and 117 deaths to date. Menominee County has had 2,796 confirmed positives, 971 probables and 52 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.
At the state level, figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Monday indicated 312 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Friday: 71 in Houghton County, 61 in Marquette County, 36 in Delta County, 26 in Gogebic County, 24 in Iron County, 20 in Dickinson County, 19 in Menominee and Chippewa counties, nine in Keweenaw County, seven in Mackinac County, six in Alger County, five in Baraga County, four in Schoolcraft and Luce counties, and one in Ontonagon County. 312 The state recorded two more deaths in Delta County and one each in Marquette, Chippewa, Keweenaw and Gogebic counties.
Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Monday has had 31,679 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 565 deaths.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Monday had Keweenaw County at 303 confirmed cases and 41 probable, and seven confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 397 confirmed cases and 434 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 603 confirmed, 78 probable and 22 deaths, one probable; Alger County, 614 confirmed, 339 probable and four deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 697 confirmed cases and 271 probable, five deaths and one probable; Mackinac County, 948 confirmed cases and 492 probable, 13 deaths and one probable; Baraga County, 1,154 confirmed cases, 203 probable and 44 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 1,485 confirmed cases and 164 probable, 51 deaths and 11 probable; Gogebic County, 1,598 confirmed cases and 418 probable, 27 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,805 confirmed cases and 2,550 probable, and 44 deaths, 10 probable; Menominee County, 2,791 confirmed cases, 967 probable and 47 deaths, five probable; Dickinson County, 3,287 confirmed cases and 1,176 probable, 68 deaths and 17 probable; Houghton County, 4,203 confirmed cases, 824 probable, 49 deaths and 10 probable; Delta County, 5,253 confirmed cases and 1,182 probable, 97 deaths and 20 probable; and Marquette County, 6,541 confirmed cases, 1,451 probable and 83 deaths, five probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS has had 17,008 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan since Friday, or an average of about 5,669 per day for the three-day period, for a total to date of 1,259,261. The state since Friday has added 83 deaths attributed to the virus -- including 32 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review -- to reach 23,315.
The state issues new COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. It will not update figures this Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.