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ESCANABA – Local data on Wednesday showed COVID-19 activity on the rise in Menominee County, with 48 other confirmed positives since Monday, surpassing 31 new cases in Delta County during the same period.

Delta County and Menominee County Public Health added one virus-related death in Delta County. Menominee County’s probable case count has also increased by 41 and Delta County’s by 12 in the past two days.

The PHDM website on Wednesday counted Delta County with 4,378 confirmed positives, 960 probable cases and 101 deaths to date. Menominee County has had 2,371 confirmed positives, 678 probable and 44 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.

Statewide, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website on Wednesday listed 335 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Monday: 75 in Marquette County, 33 in the county. of Delta, 30 in Menominee County, 29 in Houghton County, 24 in Schoolcraft County, 23 in Chippewa County, 22 in Mackinac County, 21 in Gogebic County, 20 in County of ‘Algiers, 19 in Dickinson County, 12 in Luce County, 11 in Iron County, 10 in Baraga County, four in Ontonagon County, and two in Keweenaw County. The state has recorded seven more deaths attributed to the virus for the region, two in Dickinson and Chippewa counties, and one each in Iron, Baraga and Mackinac counties.

Using only MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula had 25,451 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 489 deaths on Wednesday.

Across the UP, MDHHS data on Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 189 confirmed cases and 34 probable cases, and three confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 289 confirmed and 350 probable cases, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; County of Algiers, 493 confirmed, 277 probable and three deaths, five probable; Ontonagon County, 513 confirmed deaths, 65 probable and 21 deaths, one probable; Schoolcraft County, 519 confirmed and 173 probable cases, four deaths and one probable; Mackinac County, 735 confirmed and 378 probable cases, seven deaths; Baraga County, 869 confirmed cases, 148 probable and 42 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 1,195 confirmed and 108 probable cases, 44 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,289 confirmed and 379 probable cases, 24 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,420 confirmed and 1,945 probable cases, and 35 deaths, five probable; Menominee County, 2,364 confirmed cases, 673 probable and 44 deaths, four probable; Dickinson County, 2,886 confirmed and 795 probable cases, 62 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,985 confirmed cases, 664 probable, 43 deaths and 10 probable; Delta County, 4,366 confirmed and 951 probable cases, 83 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 5,339 confirmed cases, 1,168 probable and 70 deaths, one probable. State figures may lag behind local reports or show other discrepancies.

As of Wednesday, the MDHHS had 7,674 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Michigan since Monday, an average of 3,837 per day for the two days, for a total to date of 1,047,011. The state added 92 deaths on Wednesday. attributed to the virus – including 47 earlier but recently verified through a review of vital records – to reach 21,231.

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