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COVID cases continue to slow locally

ESCANABA — Local data Wednesday showed only five new confirmed positives in Delta County and four in Menominee County since Monday.

Menominee County also had five probable virus cases over the two-day period, while Delta County reduced its probable count by one, according to the Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website Wednesday. Neither county added a death blamed on the virus.

The PHDM on Wednesday had Delta County at 7,864 confirmed positives, 2,048 probable cases and 154 deaths since the pandemic began. Menominee County has had 3,871 confirmed positives, 1,698 probables and 63 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.

At the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday added 39 more confirmed positives in the Upper Peninsula since Monday: nine in Marquette and Houghton counties; five in Alger County; four in Baraga County; three in Menominee and Chippewa counties; two in Delta and Dickinson counties; and one in Schoolcraft, Mackinac and Luce counties; Ontonagon County’s count was reduced by one. Four deaths in Marquette County, two in Chippewa County, one in Delta, Schoolcraft, Iron and Luce counties.

The state listed 10 more virus-related death in the U.P.: four in Marquette County, two in Chippewa County and one each in Delta, Schoolcraft, Iron and Luce counties.

Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 50,877 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 813 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 451 confirmed cases and 53 probable, and 12 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 655 confirmed cases and 763 probable, nine confirmed deaths and one probable death; Ontonagon County, 865 confirmed, 105 probable and 34 deaths, two probable; Alger County, 1,043 confirmed, 660 probable and eight deaths, five probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,076 confirmed cases and 670 probable, 13 deaths and three probable; Mackinac County, 1,532 confirmed cases and 840 probable, 27 deaths and two probable; Baraga County, 1,706 confirmed cases, 319 probable and 51 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 2,298 confirmed cases and 339 probable, 70 deaths and 16 probable; Gogebic County, 2,717 confirmed cases and 525 probable, 39 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 3,357 confirmed cases and 5,044 probable, and 82 deaths, 16 probable; Menominee County, 3,865 confirmed cases, 1,694 probable and 60 deaths, nine probable; Dickinson County, 4,982 confirmed cases and 2,379 probable, 85 deaths and 22 probable; Houghton County, 6,637 confirmed cases, 1,077 probable, 78 deaths and 11 probable; Delta County, 7,854 confirmed cases and 2,043 probable, 130 deaths and 25 probable; and Marquette County, 11,839 confirmed cases, 3,030 probable and 115 deaths, 10 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The MDHHS on Wednesday had 1,739 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan since Monday, or an average of about 870 per day for the two-day period, for a total to date of 2,064,093. The state since Monday added 240 deaths attributed to the virus — including 220 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 32,374.

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

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