The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reported 903 new positive test results and 15 new deaths.
State officials also went through death certificates and matched them to previous positive test results. They added seven more deaths to the state’s total.
Both Dickinson and Iron Counties reported new COVID-related deaths on Tuesday.
Michigan now has 129,826 positive test results since the crisis began back in March, and 6,838 deaths. The state also has 14,052 “probable cases” and 323 “probable deaths” that are not confirmed by a positive test result, but COVID-19 is believed to be the cause.
The Upper Peninsula added 80 new cases in Tuesday, according to the MDHHS report. The U.P. now has 2,928 total cases since the crisis began in March. There have been 44 deaths reported in the U.P. during the pandemic.
The U.P.’s ten hospitals, as of last Thursday, were caring for a combined 34 COVID patients, and there were ten other patients in intensive care units, for a total of 44. This has not been updated since last Thursday.
See the list below for specific hospital information.
The U.P. also has had 466 probable cases and one probable death.
The state says that 99, 521 people have recovered from the virus. This is defined as being alive 30 days after the positive test or diagnosis. That is an increase of more than 4,200 recoveries in the past week.
UPPER PENINSULA POSITIVE CASES (DEATHS)
Alger County 21 (-1)
Baraga County 36 (+1) (3 deaths)
Chippewa County 54
Delta County 630 (+9) (10 deaths)
Dickinson County 221 (+22) (3 deaths) (+1)
Gogebic County 166 (+1) (1 death)
Houghton County 583 (+14) (3 deaths)
Iron County 257 (+6) (9 deaths) (+1)
Keweenaw County 14 (+1)
Luce County 16 (+3)
Mackinac County 62 (+8)
Marquette County 369 (+4) (12 deaths)
Menominee County 419 (+11) (3 deaths)
Ontonagon County 45
Schoolcraft County 35 (+1)
UPPER PENINSULA HOSPITALIZATIONS (THRU OCT. 1)
Aprirus 2 patients, 0 in ICU
Baraga County 1 patients, 0 in ICU
Dickinson Memorial 8 patients, 6 in ICU
Helen Newberry Joy 1 patients, 0 in ICU
Mackinac Straits Hospital 0 patients, 0 in ICU
Munising Memorial 0 patients, 0 in ICU
OSF St. Francis Hospital 6 patients, 0 in ICU
Schoolcraft Memorial 1 patient, 0 in ICU
UP Health System 16 patients, 4 in ICU
War Memorial Hospital 0 patient, 0 in ICU
UPPER PENINSULA PROBABLE CASES (No positive test result)
Alger County 8
Baraga County 11
Chippewa County 33
Delta County 92
Dickinson County 3
Gogebic County 15 (1 death)
Houghton County 117
Iron County 6
Keweenaw County 1
Luce County 1
Mackinac County 21
Marquette County 83
Menominee County 73
Ontonagon County 1
Schoolcraft County 3
MDHHS COUNTY-BY-COUNTY REPORT
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