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HOUGHTON — State knowledge Tuesday confirmed a brand new dying in Houghton County blamed on COVID-19.

Virus exercise additionally rose barely in Houghton County since Dec. 20, with 13 confirmed positives reported, up 4 from the earlier week, in response to figures posted Tuesday on the Michigan Division of Well being and Human Providers coronavirus web site. Baraga County had 13 instances as nicely, down three from the week earlier than. Keweenaw County had no new instances, down from just one in every of the prior two weeks.

The MDHHS web site Tuesday added 168 confirmed positives since Dec. 20 to the Higher Peninsula’s tally: 45 in Marquette County, 26 in Delta County, 16 in Menominee County, 14 in Dickinson and Iron counties, 13 in Houghton and Baraga counties, 10 in Gogebic County, 5 in Schoolcraft and Chippewa counties, 4 in Luce County, two in Mackinac County and one in Alger County.

Together with Houghton County, the state listed a brand new confirmed dying in Dickinson and Marquette counties.

Utilizing solely the MDHHS figures, the Higher Peninsula as of Tuesday has had 62,404 confirmed COVID-19 instances and 954 confirmed deaths since pandemic monitoring started in March 2020.

Throughout the U.P., the MDHHS knowledge Tuesday had Keweenaw County at 576 confirmed instances and 67 possible, and 14 confirmed deaths and one possible dying; Luce County, 767 confirmed instances and 875 possible, 16 confirmed deaths and 4 possible deaths; Ontonagon County, 1,167 confirmed, 138 possible and 41 deaths, three possible; Alger County, 1,262 confirmed, 819 possible and eight deaths, 10 possible; Schoolcraft County, 1,349 confirmed instances and 816 possible, 14 deaths and 4 possible; Mackinac County, 1,932 confirmed instances and 997 possible, 33 deaths and 5 possible; Baraga County, 2,094 confirmed instances, 442 possible and 56 deaths, two possible; Iron County, 3,073 confirmed instances and 396 possible, 82 deaths and 17 possible; Gogebic County, 3,532 confirmed instances and 681 possible, 44 deaths and 33 possible; Chippewa County, 4,099 confirmed instances and 5,957 possible, and 98 deaths, 19 possible; Menominee County, 4,752 confirmed instances, 2,150 possible and 64 deaths, 13 possible; Dickinson County, 6,130 confirmed instances and three,082 possible, 102 deaths and 25 possible; Houghton County, 8,140 confirmed instances, 1,231 possible, 94 deaths and 12 possible; Delta County, 8,985 confirmed instances and three,208 possible, 144 deaths and 36 possible; and Marquette County, 14,546 confirmed instances, 4,133 possible and 144 deaths, 17 possible.

The MDHHS on Tuesday had 10,927 new confirmed and possible coronavirus positives in Michigan since Dec. 20, or a mean of about 1,561 instances per day for the seven-day interval, for a complete of two,988,654 instances since COVID monitoring started. The state since Dec. 20 added 110 confirmed and possible deaths attributed to the virus to achieve 40,767.

The state updates COVID-19 knowledge as soon as every week, often on Tuesdays.