Copper Country COVID-19 Cases Trend Back Up

After a bit of a respite, COVID-19 numbers in the western Upper Peninsula have begun to edge back upward.

Last night’s report from the Western U.P. Health Department includes 67 confirmed positives across the five-county area since the last figures were released Monday evening, plus an additional 30 probable cases.

35 of the confirmed positives came from Houghton County – nearly double the number from the last report. Houghton County also logged two more deaths.

Baraga County reported six confirmed positives, Ontonagon County had four, and Gogebic County had 22.

The region has also seen 115 confirmed recoveries. See the full report here.