Local and Regional COVID cases.
Written by Jesse Baroka on October 2, 2020
GOGEBIC / IRON COUNTY – The Michigan Department of Health is reporting 155 cases of COVID19 in Gogebic County an increase of 2 since yesterday. Ontonagon County with 42 cases no increase from yesterday. While the Wisconsin Department of Health reports 143 cases in Iron County unchanged from yesterday since yesterday. As of yesterday afternoon there have been a total of 2,536 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Upper Peninsula during this outbreak. Of those, at least 1,125 are considered recovered and 35 have resulted in death. COVID-19 hospitalizations, out of the 10 U.P. hospitals and health systems reporting, show 44 COVID-19 patients in Upper Michigan as of Thursday, Oct. 1. Ten of those patients are in the ICU. Aspirus hospitals have two hospitalized patients, with none in the ICU.
