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Two more COVID-19 deaths in Delta County

Local data Friday showed Delta County has had 52 new confirmed COVID-19 positives and two more deaths blamed on the virus since Wednesday, while Menominee County added 23 cases.

Menominee County also had 17 probable cases and Delta County 10 probables in the past two days, according to Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website.

The PHDM on Friday had Delta County at 5,475 confirmed positives, 1,248 probable cases and 125 deaths to date. Menominee County has had 2,897 confirmed positives, 1,041 probables and 57 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.

At the state level, figures on the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday indicated 400 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Wednesday: 85 in Marquette County, 76 in Houghton County, 43 in Delta County, 40 in Dickinson County, 31 in Chippewa County, 24 in Menominee and Gogebic counties, 19 in Iron County, 18 in Mackinac County, 12 in Alger County, nine in Keweenaw County, seven in Schoolcraft County, six in Luce County, four in Baraga County, and two in Ontonagon County. The state added two more virus-related deaths in both Delta and Mackinac counties, plus one each in Dickinson, Iron and Chippewa counties; Gogebic County’s toll was reduced by one.

Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Friday has had 33,415 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 593 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Friday had Keweenaw County at 333 confirmed cases and 42 probable, and eight confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 419 confirmed cases and 474 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 620 confirmed, 77 probable and 23 deaths, one probable; Alger County, 651 confirmed, 357 probable and four deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 753 confirmed cases and 321 probable, six deaths and one probable; Mackinac County, 1,020 confirmed cases and 534 probable, 15 deaths and one probable; Baraga County, 1,203 confirmed cases, 205 probable and 44 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 1,569 confirmed cases and 180 probable, 55 deaths and 13 probable; Gogebic County, 1,744 confirmed cases and 425 probable, 26 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,923 confirmed cases and 2,729 probable, and 48 deaths, 10 probable; Menominee County, 2,890 confirmed cases, 1,032 probable and 49 deaths, eight probable; Dickinson County, 3,458 confirmed cases and 1,288 probable, 71 deaths and 17 probable; Houghton County, 4,504 confirmed cases, 838 probable, 51 deaths and 10 probable; Delta County, 5,461 confirmed cases and 1,242 probable, 105 deaths and 20 probable; and Marquette County, 6,867 confirmed cases, 1,554 probable and 84 deaths, five probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS had 18,443 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan since Wednesday, or an average of about 9,222 per day for the two-day period, for a total to date of 1,336,566. The state since Wednesday has added 277 deaths attributed to the virus — including 169 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 24,367.

The state issues new COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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