ESCANABA Local data Friday showed Delta County added 74 confirmed COVID-19 positives in the past two days and Menominee County 21 new cases, with both counties recording one more death blamed on the virus as well.

Delta County also had 48 probable virus cases and Menominee County 39 probables since Wednesday, according to Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website Friday.

The PHDM on Friday had Delta County at 6,074 confirmed positives, 1,439 probable cases and 138 deaths since the pandemic began. Menominee County has had 3,180 confirmed positives, 1,218 probables and 62 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 691 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Wednesday: 254 in Marquette County, 87 in Houghton County, 73 in Delta County, 72 in Chippewa County, 41 in Dickinson County, 35 in Gogebic County, 29 in Baraga County, 24 in Ontonagon County, 21 in Menominee County, 14 in Iron County, 13 in Mackinac County, 11 in Alger County, nine in Luce County and eight in Schoolcraft County. The state posted two more virus-related deaths in Houghton County and one each in Delta, Menominee, Dickinson, Iron, Chippewa and Mackinac counties.

Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Friday has had 38,005 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 680 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Friday had Keweenaw County at 362 confirmed cases and 43 probable, and 10 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 504 confirmed cases and 589 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 709 confirmed, 87 probable and 27 deaths, one probable; Alger County, 746 confirmed, 449 probable and six deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 847 confirmed cases and 430 probable, eight deaths and one probable; Mackinac County, 1,160 confirmed cases and 636 probable, 21 deaths and two probable; Baraga County, 1,348 confirmed cases, 221 probable and 46 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 1,761 confirmed cases and 200 probable, 60 deaths and 13 probable; Gogebic County, 1,997 confirmed cases and 437 probable, 34 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 2,296 confirmed cases and 3,356 probable, and 60 deaths, 12 probable; Menominee County, 3,172 confirmed cases, 1,212 probable and 55 deaths, eight probable; Dickinson County, 3,825 confirmed cases and 1,567 probable, 76 deaths and 18 probable; Houghton County, 5,008 confirmed cases, 886 probable, 65 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 6,064 confirmed cases and 1,427 probable, 116 deaths and 22 probable; and Marquette County, 8,206 confirmed cases, 1,955 probable and 92 deaths, five probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Friday had 40,692 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan since Wednesday, or an average of 20,346 per day for the two-day period, for a total to date of 1,636,611. The state since Wednesday added 259 deaths attributed to the virus — including 136 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 27,822.

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