COVID-19 cases increase by 127 in Upper Michigan on Saturday, state adds 8K



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MARQUETTE, Michigan (WLUC) – UPDATE: Upper Michigan added 127 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, while the state reported 8,080 new cases.

Along with these cases, statewide there have been 103 deaths, including four in Upper Michigan. This brings the total statewide cases to 350,021 and the total number of deaths to 9,036. Current state-wide recoveries are 165,269. The statewide is updated every Saturday on the MDHHS website.

In Upper Michigan, the latest cases, deaths and recoveries added are as follows (counties listed in alphabetical order):

  • Algiers: 10 cases
  • Baraga: (-10 cases)(Due to an MDHHS data entry error), 1 death
  • Chippewa: 28 cases
  • Delta: 18 cases
  • Dickinson: 25 cases, 1 death
  • Gogebic: 6 cases
  • Houghton: 14 cases
  • Iron: 6 cases
  • Keweenaw: 0 cases
  • Luce: 2 cases
  • Mackinac: 4 cases
  • Marquette: 29 cases, 1 death
  • Menominee: (-7 cases) (Due to an MDHHS data entry error), 1 death
  • Ontonagon: 0 cases
  • Schoolcraft: 2 cases

As of Saturday, November 28, at 4:30 p.m. EST, there have been a total of 11,738 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Upper Peninsula during this outbreak. Of these, at least 5,926 are considered cured and 246 resulted in death.

Of the 202,848 diagnostic test results reported to the state of Upper Michigan for the entire coronavirus pandemic, 5.53% returned positive for COVID-19 as of November 28.

For ongoing coronavirus coverage from TV6 and FOX UP, visit uppermichiganssource.com/coronavirus.

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