The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says there were problems with the coronairus reporting system on Friday, leading to incomplete data being added to the state’s case dashboard. The agency says that the numbers reported over the next couple of days will be higher as a result.
As it stands, Michigan added 374 positive test results and ten new deaths on Friday.
“Today’s number of new cases is less than expected due to a recent issue with the reporting of electronic lab results,” MDHHS wrote. “A large number of received lab messages were improperly formatted and temporarily blocked some valid results from being processed and entered into the reporting system.”
“This issue is currently being fixed. As the valid results enter the system over the next day or two, there will likely be higher than expected numbers of daily case counts. This lab result backlog should not affect the 7-day rolling average or the cases by date of onset in the dashboard data.”
Michigan now has 95,071 positive test results since the crisis began five months ago, and 6,378 total deaths.
Friday’s county-by-county report was not released because of the issue. As of Thursday, the U.P. had a total of 852 confirmed positive test results and 18 deaths since the first case was reported back in March.
The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department reported two new cases in Iron County.
UPPER PENINSULA POSITIVE CASES (DEATHS) THROUGH THURSDAY
Alger County 16
Baraga County 6
Chippewa County 33
Delta County 97 (3 deaths)
Dickinson County 59 (2 deaths)
Gogebic County 128 (1 death)
Houghton County 48
Iron County 23 (1 death)
Keweenaw County 2
Luce County 4
Mackinac County 23
Marquette County 195 (11 deaths)
Menominee County 177
Ontonagon County 28
Schoolcraft County 13
UPPER PENINSULA PROBABLE CASES (No positive test result) THROUGH THURSDAY
Alger County 2
Baraga County 2
Chippewa County 14
Delta County 24
Dickinson County 1
Gogebic County 9
Houghton County 9
Iron County 0
Keweenaw County 0
Luce County 0
Mackinac County 6
Marquette County 28
Menominee County 31
Ontonagon County 1
Schoolcraft County 1
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