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Feb 4, 2021 ESCANABA — As of Wednesday, the U.P. had 15,995 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (an increase of 40 in 24 hours), 3,886 probable cases, 370 deaths (an increase of one) and 88 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials. The figure does not include prisoners in the Michigan Department of Corrections. According to the state’s county-by-county count issued Delta County had a total of 2,617 confirmed COVID-19 cases (an increase of two), 458 probable cases, 63 deat...

Daily News staff State figures Wednesday showed 40 new confirmed coronavirus positives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula but only one new death. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 data site Wednesday listed 11 new virus cases in Gogebic County, which also had the new death; five in Marquette County; four in Houghton and Baraga counties; three in Chippewa County; two each in Dickinson, Iron, Menominee, Delta, Ontonagon and Alger counties; and one in Schoolcraft Count...

Feb 3, 2021 ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 15,955 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,879 probable cases (an increase of 12 cases in the last 24 hours), 369 deaths and 88 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials. The figure does not include prisoners in the Michigan Department of Corrections. According to the state’s county-by-county count issued Tuesday, Delta County had a total of 2,615 confirmed COVID-19 cases (unchanged), 458 probable cases, 63 deaths and 1...

Feb 3, 2021 Both Michigan’s Iron County and Marinette County in Wisconsin recorded new coronavirus-related deaths Tuesday, according to health officials. For Iron County, it’s the 10th new fatal case since mid-January. The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department on Tuesday showed only two new confirmed COVID-19 positives in each county. Both counties each had one recovered case as well. The DIDHD on Tuesday had Dickinson County at 2,102 confirmed positives and 238 probable cases, with 2,1...

Daily News staff The death toll attributed to COVID-19 in Iron County continued its recent climb Monday, with local health officials reporting three more fatal cases. As has been its practice to protect privacy, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department provided no further details on the deaths, which now have reached nine new fatalities in Iron County since mid-January. But the state’s COVID-19 data site indicates that from Jan. 1 to Jan. 26, the Iron County Medical Care Facility in Crys...

Feb 2, 2021 ESCANABA — As of Monday, the U.P. had 15,943 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,870 probable cases, 369 deaths and 87 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials. The figure does not include prisoners in the Michigan Department of Corrections. According to the state’s county-by-county count issued Monday, Delta County had a total of 2,615 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 457 probable cases, 63 deaths and 19 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,592 confirmed cases...

The pace of COVID-19 positives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula appears to be slowing, with state health officials adding only two dozen new cases Saturday. Ac

Winter birding round up - where to go and what to see in the Eastern U.P. - January 2021 Extension educator Elliot Nelson dishes on the best places to see winter birds in the Eastern U.P. Pine Grosbeaks are being found at almost every bird feeder in the Eastern Upper Peninsula and area with fruit trees or conifers this winter. Photo: Elliot Nelson | Michigan Sea Grant Welcome to this edition of the Eastern UP Winter Birding Round Up. I’ve been busy between work and home life, but still have h...

Local health officials Friday reported a new coronavirus-related death in Iron County, its sixth fatal case in the past two weeks. In contrast, Dickinson Count

Daily News staff State health data sites Thursday listed 51 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula and 28 in Wisconsin counties in the region. Across the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ COVID-19 data site Thursday added 10 new confirmed cases in Gogebic County; nine in Marquette County; eight in Houghton County; four each in Iron and Menominee counties; three each in Delta and Keweenaw counties; two each in Dickinson, Chippewa, Mackina...