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COVID-19 diagnoses continue to fall across the region.
The latest report from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department includes just 38 new confirmed positives since their last update was released a week ago. 20 were in Houghton County, nine in Baraga County, four each in Keweenaw and Gogebic Counties, and one in Ontonagon County.
The report also includes nine more deaths – three in Houghton County, five in Gogebic County, and one in Ontonagon County.
352 additional recoveries have been confirmed across the five-county region.
Since the pandemic began, 3,070 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the region. 115 of our neighbors have died.
Link to the full report here.
A mild COVID-19 outbreak continues at the Canal View long-term care facility in Hancock. Seven new cases were diagnosed last week among residents, bringing the pandemic total to 24. Three staff members also tested positive. No deaths were reported.
No new cases among residents at Mission Point were reported, after that facility was hit hard a few weeks ago. Five additional deaths increased Mission Point’s pandemic total to six. Five more staff members tested positive.
Gardenview in Calumet and GreenTree of Hubbell reported no cases.
In Baraga County, no new diagnoses were reported at Bayside Village, but two deaths were added, bringing the pandemic total to 25 at the 59-bed facility.
Aspirus Ontonagon’s long term care unit reported no new cases.
In its latest weekly update to the state, Aspirus Keweenaw reported three COVID-19 patients, with two of them in the intensive care unit. UP Health System-Portage had four, with none in the ICU.
Aspirus Ontonagon and Baraga County Memorial Hospital reported no COVID-19 patients at this time.
UP Health System-Marquette is treating 18 COVID-19 patients, with six in intensive care.
The effort to protect Michigan’s long-term health care facilities from COVID-19 is underway. Inoculations using the Moderna vaccine began yesterday. State officials say it should take about three weeks to administer the vaccine to around 91,000 residents and staff members at more than 5,000 facilities. They hope to inoculate 70 percent of Michiganders over the age of 16 by the end of 2021.
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Free COVID-19 testing will be offered today in Baraga. The clinic will run from 9:00 until 1:00 at the Baraga Village Hall. You do not need insurance, a doctor’s order, or a prescription. No advance registration is needed.
