Michigan Adds 8,200 New Cases, 7,000 Recoveries; U.P. Adds 67 Cases

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on Monday reported 8,202 new positive tests and eight new deaths.

These are two-day totals, covering both Sunday and Monday, and continue a trend of increased case counts.

The state also is reporting that 569,480 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 some 7,000 people in the past week.

This number is updated once a week, on Saturdays.

Here in the Upper Peninsula, there were 67 new cases reported, with the most being 16 in Marquette County, 13 in Delta County, and ten in Chippewa County.

There were no new deaths reported in the U.P. on Monday.

The U.P. now has 17,071 confirmed positive test results, and 397 confirmed COVID-19 deaths, since the crisis began in March of 2020.

The U.P. has had a total of 4,423 probable cases and 95 probable deaths.

Some local health departments may report different numbers on different days. We use the MDHHS numbers in our report for consistency.

Michigan now has a total of 660,771 positive tests since the crisis began in March of 2020, and 16,034 deaths.

The state also has 72,167 “probable cases” and 1,022 “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 284 (1 death)
Baraga County 517 (33 deaths)
Chippewa County 830 (+10) (25 deaths)
Delta County 2,757 (+13) (67 deaths)
Dickinson County 2,176 (+8) (55 deaths)
Gogebic County 963 (+1) (21 deaths)
Houghton County 2,256 (+7) (31 deaths)
Iron County 872 (+1) (42 deaths)
Keweenaw County 124 (1 death)
Luce County 137 (+1)
Mackinac County 312 (+4) (3 deaths)
Marquette County 3,578 (+16) (55 deaths)
Menominee County 1,648 (+2) (39 deaths)
Ontonagon County 375 (20 deaths)
Schoolcraft County 242 (+3) (4 deaths)

UPPER PENINSULA PROBABLE CASES (No positive test result)
Alger County 161 (4 deaths)
Baraga County 107
Chippewa County 1,136 (5 deaths)
Delta County 509 (19 deaths)
Dickinson County 251 (16 deaths)
Gogebic County 359 (28 deaths)
Houghton County 551 (8 deaths)
Iron County 61 (9 deaths)
Keweenaw County 31 (1 death)
Luce County 116 (1 death)
Mackinac County 169
Marquette County 602 (1 death)
Menominee County 275 (2 deaths)
Ontonagon County 56 (1 death)
Schoolcraft County 39 (1 death)

MDHHS STATEWIDE COUNTY-BY-COUNTY REPORT