Local and Regional COVID cases
Written by Jesse Baroka on October 1, 2020
GOGEBIC / IRON COUNTY – The Michigan Department of Health is reporting 153 cases of COVID19 in Gogebic County an increase of 2 since yesterday. Ontonagon County with 42 cases an increase of one this first increase for Ontonagon County in more than a week. While the Wisconsin Department of Health reports 143 cases in Iron County unchanged from yesterday since yesterday. As of Wednesday, last night there have been a total of 2,432 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Upper Peninsula during this outbreak. Of those, at least 1,087 are considered recovered and 31 have resulted in death. Upper Michigan added 149 coronavirus cases Wednesday. COVID-19 hospitalizations, out of the 10 U.P. hospitals and health systems reporting, show 25 COVID-19 patients in Upper Michigan as of Monday, Sept. 28. Eight of those patients are in the ICU. Aspirus hospitals have two hospitalized patients, with none in the ICU.
