Iron Mountain Daily News
Local health officials Monday reported nine more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County along with almost 50 recovered from the virus since its last update Thursday.
In a Facebook post Monday morning, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department also listed seven new positives and four recovered cases in Iron County.
The agency had Dickinson County at 2,380 confirmed positives and 328 probable cases, with 2,460 recovered, 72 deaths and 176 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 965 confirmed cases and 69 probables, with 907 recovered, 48 deaths and 79 active cases.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Monday added 38 new confirmed positives since Saturday: seven in Baraga County; six in Delta County; four in Marquette and Gogebic counties; three in Iron, Menominee and Houghton counties; two in Dickinson, Mackinac and Chippewa counties; and one each in Ontonagon and Luce
Daily News staff
Local health officials Monday reported nine more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County along with almost 50 recovered from the virus since its last update Thursday.
In a Facebook post Monday morning, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department also listed seven new positives and four recovered cases in Iron County.
The agency had Dickinson County at 2,380 confirmed positives and 328 probable cases, with 2,460 recovered, 72 deaths and 176 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 965 confirmed cases and 69 probables, with 907 recovered, 48 deaths and 79 active cases.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Monday added 38 new confirmed positives since Saturday: seven in Baraga County; six in Delta County; four in Marquette and Gogebic counties; three in Iron, Menominee and Houghton counties; two in Dickinson, Mackinac and Chippewa counties; and one each in Ontonagon and Luce counti
Daily News staff
Local health officials Thursday reported a dozen more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County and nine new cases in Dickinson County since its last update Monday.
In a Facebook post Thursday morning, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department also listed six new probable cases in Dickinson County and five recovered cases.
The agency had Dickinson County at 2,371 confirmed positives and 329 probable cases, with 2,411 recovered, 72 deaths and 217 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 958 confirmed cases and 69 probables, with 903 recovered, 48 deaths and 76 active cases.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Thursday added 60 new confirmed positives: 10 in Delta and Marquette counties; eight in Schoolcraft County; seven in Baraga County; six in Menominee County; five in Houghton County; four in Chippewa and Mackinac counties; three in Iron County; and one each in Dickinson, Ontonago
Daily News staff
Local health officials Monday reported nine more confirmed COVID-19 positives in Dickinson County and four in Iron County since its last update Friday.
In a Facebook post Monday morning, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department also listed two new probable cases in Dickinson County and 23 recovered cases, while Iron County had one probable and six recoveries.
The agency had Dickinson County at 2,362 confirmed positives and 323 probable cases, with 2,406 recovered, 72 deaths and 207 cases still active. For Iron County, the DIDHD had 946 confirmed cases and 69 probables, with 903 recovered, 48 deaths and 64 active cases.
For the Upper Peninsula, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ coronavirus website Monday added 66 new confirmed positives for the two-day period: 14 in Baraga County, 13 in Delta County, nine in Marquette County, eight in Menominee County, seven in Houghton County, four in Gogebic County, three in Dickinson and Iron countie
Daily News staff
The Dickinson-Iron District Health Department plans in May to transition away from off-site mass COVID-19 vaccine clinics such as the Dickinson County Fairgrounds, citing a decrease in demand for shots.
The reduced demand comes even as those contracting COVID-19 are increasingly younger in age, the DIDHD reported in a news release.
“We are noticing a definite trend of a younger population being affected by COVID now compared to when the pandemic began,” the DIDHD stated. “Our senior population has the highest vaccine coverage and we have noticed a major decrease in the number of seniors with COVID infection.”