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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, while Keweenaw County had only one new case reported. None of the counties recorded a new death blamed on COVID-19. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 280 confirmed positives since Dec. 6 to the Upper Peninsula’s tally: 54 in Marquette ...

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 had 14 new confirmed positives, up 10 from the previous week, while Keweenaw County again had no new cases reported. None of the counties recorded a new death attributed to COVID-19. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 217 confirmed positives ...

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 website. There were 113 in the past week. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen deaths predominantly occurring in … those who are older, those who are unvaccinated, those who have comorbidities,” said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, the state’s chief medical executive. “That has been something ...

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 Baraga but one more for Keweenaw than the previous week. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 256 confirmed positives since Nov. 15 to the Upper Peninsula’s tally: 61 in Dickinson County; 50 in Marquette County; 37 in Houghton County; 29 in ...

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 vaccine-weary Americans. Only about 13% of U.S. adults so far have gotten a “bivalent” shot that targets the omicron strain as well as the original coronavirus. On Tuesday, White House officials announced a renewed push for more Americans to get the latest shots. In the first look at the new shots’ ...

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 earlier. Baraga County reported 10 new confirmed cases, six fewer than the previous week. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Tuesday added 225 confirmed positives since Nov. 9 to the Upper Peninsula's tally: 46 in Dickinson County, 43 in Delta County, 28 in ...