Western Upper Peninsula Begins Contact Tracing For Latest Positive Case

The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department has begun contact tracing for the latest positive case, out of Gogebic County.

The elderly patient has recently returned from an urban area.

Kate Beer Health Officer for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department.

To date, the Western Upper Peninsula has had 1204 people referred for testing.

28 tests have been cancelled.

8 have come back positive.

There is one non-resident positive.

976 have come back negative and 191 tests are waiting for results.