Nov 26, 2022
ESCANABA — Local health data showed virus activity in the past week declining in Delta County while rising in Menominee County.
Delta County on Tuesday had 26 confirmed positives since Nov. 16, nine fewer than the previous week, while Menominee County had 20 cases, six more than the week before, according to numbers posted Tuesday on the Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties website.
Delta County also had 19 probable cases and Menominee County seven probable for the six-day period. Neither county reported a virus-related death.
The PHDM website Tuesday had Delta County at 8,858 confirmed positives, 3,092 probable cases and 172 deaths since the pandemic began. Menominee County has had 4,639 confirmed positives, 2,119 probable and 71 deaths. The deaths included confirmed and probable.
The PHDM has announced it will end updating COVID-19 case data on its website Nov. 30. “This case data includes positive laboratory results and health care provider reports of COVID-19 cases, but does not include the results of at-home tests. With at-home tests widely available and frequently used, the case data PHDM has been reporting no longer reflects the actual number of COVID-19 cases in the community,” the PHDM posted on its website.
On the state level, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 256 confirmed positives since Nov. 15 to the Upper Peninsula’s tally: 61 in Dickinson County; 50 in Marquette County; 37 in Houghton County; 29 in Menominee County; 28 in Delta County; 17 in Gogebic County; 13 in Iron County; seven in Chippewa County; six in Ontonagon County; four in Schoolcraft County; and one each in Keweenaw, Baraga, Mackinac and Alger counties.
The state recorded two virus-related deaths in Dickinson County and one each in Houghton, Marquette and Gogebic counties.
Using only the MDHHS figures, the Upper Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 61,333 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 938 deaths since pandemic tracking began in March 2020.
Across the U.P., the MDHHS data site Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 572 confirmed cases and 67 probable, and 14 confirmed deaths and one probable death; Luce County, 762 confirmed cases and 869 probable, 16 confirmed deaths and three probable deaths; Ontonagon County, 1,149 confirmed, 137 probable and 40 deaths, three probable; Alger County, 1,250 confirmed, 814 probable and eight deaths, nine probable; Schoolcraft County, 1,300 confirmed cases and 809 probable, 14 deaths and four probable; Mackinac County, 1,923 confirmed cases and 969 probable, 32 deaths and four probable; Baraga County, 2,030 confirmed cases, 439 probable and 56 deaths, two probable; Iron County, 3,002 confirmed cases and 395 probable, 82 deaths and 17 probable; Gogebic County, 3,438 confirmed cases and 646 probable, 44 deaths and 31 probable; Chippewa County, 4,056 confirmed cases and 5,926 probable, and 95 deaths, 18 probable; Menominee County, 4,630 confirmed cases, 2,110 probable and 64 deaths, 13 probable; Dickinson County, 5,988 confirmed cases and 3,049 probable, 97 deaths and 24 probable; Houghton County, 8,050 confirmed cases, 1,229 probable, 93 deaths and 12 probable; Delta County, 8,847 confirmed cases and 3,082 probable, 140 deaths and 33 probable; and Marquette County, 14,336 confirmed cases, 3,977 probable and 143 deaths, 16 probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.
The MDHHS on Tuesday had 8,933 new confirmed and probable coronavirus positives in Michigan since Nov. 15, or an average of about 1,276 cases per day for the seven-day period, for a total of 2,929,612 cases since COVID tracking began. The state since Nov. 15 added 275 confirmed and probable deaths attributed to the virus to reach 39,972.
The state updates COVID-19 data once a week, usually on Tuesdays.
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