Local and regional COVID-19 numbers.

GOGEBIC / IRON COUNTY –The Michigan Department of Health is reporting 285 cases of COVID19 in Gogebic County that’s an increase of 2 since yesterday.  Ontonagon County with 89 an increase of 2 since yesterday. While the Wisconsin Department of Health reports 190 cases in Iron County an increase of 6 since yesterday.  As of yesterday there have been a total of 5,280 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Upper Peninsula during this outbreak. Of those, at least 2,573 are considered recovered and 106 have resulted in death. The seven-day average for positive tests in the U.P. sits at 6.7%. Upper Michigan added 99 coronavirus cases Tuesday, along with six more deaths.  COVID-19 hospitalizations, out of the 10 U.P. hospitals and health systems reporting, show 71 COVID-19 patients in Upper Michigan as of Monday, Oct. 26. Twenty of those patients are in the intensive care unit (ICU).  Aspirus hospitals have nine patients, with five in the ICU. Wisconsin health officials reported 5,262 cases on Tuesday. They also reported that the virus was a factor in 64 additional deaths, another daily record.