COVID cases up across Copper Country, down in Houghton County

Thursday’s COVID-19 update from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department was a mixed bag. First, the good news is that cases in Houghton County dropped from the prior update, falling from 30 to 27. Baraga and Keweenaw Counties saw seven new cases though so the area total jumped to 34 overall. There was one death in Baraga County. The numbers are above where they were two weeks ago, but show generally mild increases compared to what has been seen in other parts of the state.

Vaccinations continue to rise. Keweenaw County is over 25 percent. Houghton is nearing nineteen. Over 750 more people in the western Upper Peninsula are fully vaccinated compared to Monday.

• TOTAL: 43 more positives, 9 more probable positives, 35 more recoveries and 21.00% fully vaccinated (up from 19.60% — meaning 770 more people)
• BARAGA COUNTY: 5 more positives, 4 more probable positives, 1 more death and 22.21% fully vaccinated (up from 21.03%)
• GOGEBIC COUNTY: 6 more positives, 1 more probable positive, 7 more recoveries and 22.52% fully vaccinated (up from 18.83%)
• HOUGHTON COUNTY: 27 more positives, 4 more probable positives, 22 more recoveries and 18.76% fully vaccinated (up from 18.21%)
• KEWEENAW COUNTY: 2 more positives, 2 more recoveries and 25.14% fully vaccinated (up from 22.82%)
• ONTONAGON COUNTY: 3 more positives and 27.42% fully vaccinated (up from 26.50%)

The full results are here.