Local health officials Monday reported a new coronavirus-related death in Iron County, even as that county showed no new confirmed positives and had less than 3
The Upper Peninsula added only 11 new confirmed COVID-19 positives Wednesday and no new deaths attributed to the coronavirus, according to Michigan health st
Local health officials Tuesday again posted only a handful of new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the area since the last update a week ago and no new deaths.
IRON MOUNTAIN, MI The following is a joint press release from Dickinson County Healthcare System and the Dickinson-Iron County Health Department:
According to officials at the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department (DIDHD) and Dickinson County Healthcare (DCH), our region is waiting for more COVID-19 vaccine to arrive.
After initial small numbers of vaccine doses were received, distributed, and administered, the flow of new COVID-19 vaccine shipments has slowed.
“A plentiful supply is simply not here right now,” says Daren Deyaert, Director of the DIDHD. “We have a great distribution system in place to quickly and confidently allocate vaccines once they arrive to many local service organizations who administer the doses. But at this time, we are in the same position as the rest of the country. We are all waiting for the supply chain of vaccines managed by our Federal and State Governments to be replenished.”
Millions of free masks are being provided to Michigan residents.
Michigan Mask Aid is an initiative from the state health department to ensure everyone has a mask.
There are a couple of locations to pick them up in Gogebic and Iron Counites.
These include the Iron County Health Department in Caspian and UPCAP Services in Ironwood.
There are also a couple of locations in Dickinson County.
It is recommended you call ahead.
Gogebic County Location:
Gogebic County- Bessemer, 301 East Lead Street, 906-663-6200
Gogebic-Ontonagon Community Action Agency- Bessemer, 100 S. Mill St., (906) 667-0283
Iron County Location:
Dickinson County Loactions:
Dickinson-Iron District Health Department- Kingsford, 818 Pyle Drive, 906-774-1868