The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday began clearing up a backlog of coronavirus test results that were not entered into the system on Friday because of technical issues.
MDHHS on Saturday reported 953 new cases. It was unclear how many of them were delayed results, but officials say the tests will be assigned to the proper day’s total on the dashboard.
The state also reported three new deaths. And oifficials went through death certificates and matched them to previous positive test results. They added eight more deaths to the state’s total.
Michigan now has 96,024 confirmed positive tests and 6,389 deaths due to COVID-19.
The state also reported nearly 5,000 more recoveries on Saturday. The MDHHS says that 72,580 people have recovered, which means they are still alive at least 30 days after diagnosis or onset. That’s an additional 4,802 recoveries in the past week. This is updated every Saturday.
Here in the Upper Peninsula, there were 36 new cases added over the past two days, with 17 of those in Menominee County. Delta County added six cases, and there were three each in Marquette, Ontonagon, and Gogebic Counties. Iron County added two cases, and there was one each reported in Schoolcraft and Dickinson Counties.
The Upper Peninsula has had 888 cases and 18 COVID-19 deaths since the crisis began five months ago.
There were no deaths reported in the Upper Peninsula the past two days.
In fact, the last death reported in the U.P. was on June 26 in Iron County. Before that, the most recent death was on May 24, in Marquette County.
Statewide as of Saturday, there have been 10,020 “probable” cases, and 266 deaths are listed as probable. This is where COVID-19 is suspected, but there is no positive test result to confirm it.
The state reports 137 “probable” cases for the Upper Peninsula, as of Saturday.
As of Saturday, Michigan has completed 2,733,145 tests. Of those, 2,488,205 tests are diagnostic tests, and 244,940 tests were for antibodies.
UPPER PENINSULA POSITIVE CASES (DEATHS)
Alger County 16
Baraga County 6
Chippewa County 33
Delta County 103 (+6) (3 deaths)
Dickinson County 60 (+1) (2 deaths)
Gogebic County 131 (+3) (1 death)
Houghton County 48
Iron County 25 (+2) (1 death)
Keweenaw County 2
Luce County 4
Mackinac County 23
Marquette County 198 (+3) (11 deaths)
Menominee County 194 (+17)
Ontonagon County 31 (+3)
Schoolcraft County 14 (+1)
UPPER PENINSULA PROBABLE CASES (No positive test result)
Alger County 2
Baraga County 2
Chippewa County 15
Delta County 28
Dickinson County 1
Gogebic County 10
Houghton County 9
Iron County 0
Keweenaw County 0
Luce County 0
Mackinac County 8
Marquette County 32
Menominee County 28
Ontonagon County 1
Schoolcraft County 1
MDHHS STATEWIDE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY REPORT
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