The number of new coronavirus cases continues to spike across the Upper Peninsula, as well as across the state of Michigan.
The state Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday reported 29,267 new cases for the past week, which averages to 4,181 cases per day.
These are a combined “confirmed” and “probable” case count, as the state no longer shows which ones are confirmed with a lab test and which ones are just suspected.
This marks a fifth straight week for increased cases, and it is more than double the amount of cases that were reported at this time in April.
Now, the MDHHS county-by-county report does separate “confirmed” and “probable” cases. So for the U.P., these are CONFIRMED cases, and the numbers have spiked in the past week with 567 new confirmed cases.
Marquette County had the most, with 188 new cases in the past week (along with 55 probable cases). Menominee County had the second-most, with 82 new confirmed cases (plus six probable cases).
While cases have increased, deaths have not.
There was one new death reported this week in the 15 U.P. Counties: in Iron County. But MDHHS does not tell us how recent that death is. There were 78 new deaths reported this week in Michigan, although some could have occurred in the past and were detected after checking old death certificates.
NEW U.P. CONFIRMED CASES OVER PAST WEEK
Alger 5
Baraga 9
Chippewa 55
Delta 52
Dickinson 23
Gogebic 26
Houghton 57
Iron 12 (and 1 new death)
Keweenaw 9
Luce 3
Mackinac 34
Marquette 188
Menominee 82
Ontonagon 7
Schoolcraft 5
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