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Coronavirus

COVID-19 cases steady in region

HOUGHTON — State COVID-19 data Tuesday showed virus activity held relatively steady in the Copper Country in the past week. Houghton County had 21 confirmed positives since Dec. 6, one fewer case than a week ago. Baraga County had 17 new confirmed positives, up three from the previous week, ...

COVID cases on rise in Baraga County

For the Mining Gazette HOUGHTON — State COVID-19 data Tuesday showed virus activity rising in Baraga County while holding relatively steady in Houghton County in the past week. Houghton County had 22 confirmed positives since Nov. 29, three fewer new cases than a week ago. Baraga County ...

Michigan’s COVID-19 deaths top 40,000, state reports

LANSING, Mich. — Deaths linked to COVID-19 have now surpassed 40,000 in Michigan since the pandemic began in 2020, the state health department reported. More than 36,400 deaths have been confirmed while 3,676 were probably caused by COVID-19, the state said Tuesday on its coronavirus ...

COVID update: Week of Nov. 21

HOUGHTON — State COVID-19 data Tuesday showed a new virus-related death in Houghton County in the past week. Houghton County also had 37 confirmed positives since Nov. 15, nine more than a week earlier. Baraga and Keweenaw counties each reported only one new confirmed case, nine fewer for ...

US renews push for COVID boosters as data show they protect

Americans who got the updated COVID-19 booster shots are better protected against symptomatic infection than those who haven’t — at least for now, U.S. health officials said Tuesday. Updated boosters rolled out by Pfizer and rival Moderna in September have been a hard sell for ...

COVID-19 update: week of Nov. 14

HOUGHTON — COVID-19 activity declined in Houghton and Baraga counties in the past week, while Keweenaw County had a second straight week with no new coronavirus cases, according to state data posted Tuesday. Houghton County had 28 confirmed positives since Nov. 9, 13 fewer than a week ...