Local and Regional COVID numbers
Written by Jesse Baroka on October 22, 2020
GOGEBIC / IRON COUNTY –The Michigan Department of Health is reporting 224 cases of COVID19 in Gogebic County that’s an increase of 6 since yesterday. Ontonagon County with 69 an increase of 1 since yesterday. While the Wisconsin Department of Health reports 170 cases in Iron County no increase from yesterday. As of Last night, there have been a total of 4,550 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Upper Peninsula during this outbreak. Of those, at least 1,970 are considered recovered and 76 have resulted in death. Upper Michigan added 114 coronavirus cases Wednesday. The cumulative rate of positive diagnostic tests for Upper Michigan is 2.90% as of Oct. 21. Wisconsin has recorded its highest one-day total of new coronavirus deaths. The surge that began in early September showed no signs of slowing with 48 new deaths reported Wednesday and a whopping 43% of those tested coming back as positive. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services say there have been 1,681 deaths to date from the coronavirus pandemic while nearly 183,000 people have tested positive.
