The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday reported 4,698 new coronavirus positive tests and 30 new deaths.
State officials also went through death certificates and matched them to previous positive test results. They added 91 more deaths to the total.
Michigan now has a total of 819,320 positive tests since the crisis began in March of 2020, and 17,289 deaths.
The state also is reporting that 626,254 people have recovered from the virus. That is defined as being alive at least 30 days after the diagnosis or onset of symptoms. Recoveries are up by more than 23,000 people in the past week.
This number is updated once a week, on Saturdays.
Here in the Upper Peninsula, there were 57 new cases reported on Saturday, with 20 of them coming in Marquette County and nine in Delta County. Chippewa County added seven cases.
There was one new COVID death reported in Dickinson County.
The U.P. now has 18,792 confirmed positive test results, and 406 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, since the crisis began in March of 2020.
The U.P. has had a total of 5,172 probable cases and 97 probable deaths.
Some local health departments may report different numbers on different days. We use the MDHHS numbers in our report for consistency.
The state also has 92,480 “probable cases” and 1,120 “probable deaths” that are not confirmed by a positive test result, but COVID-19 is believed to be the cause.
UPPER PENINSULA POSITIVE CASES (DEATHS)
Alger County 306 (2 deaths)
Baraga County 547 (+1) (33 deaths)
Chippewa County 1,008 (+7) (27 deaths)
Delta County 3,128 (+9) (68 deaths)
Dickinson County 2,335 (+4) (57 deaths) (+1)
Gogebic County 997 (22 deaths)
Houghton County 2,416 (+5) (32 deaths)
Iron County 920 (+3) (42 deaths)
Keweenaw County 138 (1 death)
Luce County 172
Mackinac County 379 (+4) (3 deaths)
Marquette County 4,042 (+20) (56 deaths)
Menominee County 1,721 (+1) (39 deaths)
Ontonagon County 395 (+2) (20 deaths)
Schoolcraft County 288 (+1) (4 deaths)
UPPER PENINSULA PROBABLE CASES (No positive test result)
Alger County 185 (4 deaths)
Baraga County 112
Chippewa County 1,324 (5 deaths)
Delta County 611 (19 deaths)
Dickinson County 306 (16 deaths)
Gogebic County 359 (28 deaths)
Houghton County 597 (8 deaths)
Iron County 65 (9 deaths)
Keweenaw County 31 (1 death)
Luce County 172 (1 death)
Mackinac County 219
Marquette County 771 (1 death)
Menominee County 309 (2 deaths)
Ontonagon County 56 (1 death)
Schoolcraft County 55 (1 death)
MDHHS STATEWIDE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY REPORT
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