State data shows the Upper Peninsula already has had more than 2,000 new COVID-19 confirmed positives in September, exceeding what was added in the previous three months combined.

The Upper Peninsula entered June with 19,988 confirmed cases among its 15 counties and started September at 21,580, a rise of about 1,600 new positives over the summer.

This month’s surge has seen 2,013 additional confirmed cases through Wednesday.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday listed 290 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Monday: 65 in Marquette County, 40 in Menominee County, 37 in Delta County, 31 in Dickinson County, 23 in Chippewa County, 19 in Houghton County, 16 in Alger and Baraga counties, 13 in Schoolcraft County, 10 in Mackinac County, seven in Iron County, five in Keweenaw County, four in Luce County, three in Gogebic County and one in Ontonagon County. The state also added virus-related deaths in Marquette and Mackinac counties while reducing Gogebic County’s toll by one.

Using only the MDHHS numbers, the Upper Peninsula as of Wednesday has had 23,593 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 467 deaths.

Across the U.P., the MDHHS data Wednesday had Keweenaw County at 171 confirmed cases and 34 probable, and three confirmed death and one probable death; Luce County, 258 confirmed cases and 314 probable, four confirmed deaths and one probable death; Schoolcraft County, 424 confirmed cases and 139 probable, four deaths and one probable; Alger County, 427 confirmed, 259 probable and three deaths, four probable; Ontonagon County, 498 confirmed, 62 probable and 21 deaths, one probable; Mackinac County, 620 confirmed cases and 314 probable, five deaths; Baraga County, 824 confirmed cases, 145 probable and 41 deaths, three probable; Iron County, 1,136 confirmed cases and 100 probable, 43 deaths and 10 probable; Gogebic County, 1,226 confirmed cases and 374 probable, 23 deaths and 29 probable; Chippewa County, 1,292 confirmed cases and 1,703 probable, and 30 deaths, five probable; Menominee County, 2,182 confirmed cases, 534 probable and 44 deaths, three probable; Dickinson County, 2,720 confirmed cases and 664 probable, 60 deaths and 15 probable; Houghton County, 2,820 confirmed cases, 638 probable, 38 deaths and nine probable; Delta County, 4,075 confirmed cases and 873 probable, 80 deaths and 19 probable; and Marquette County, 4,920 confirmed cases, 1,019 probable and 68 deaths, one probable. State figures can lag behind local reports or have other discrepancies.

The state Wednesday topped 1 million COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.

The MDHHS on Wednesday had 6,079 confirmed new coronavirus positives in Michigan since Monday, or an average of about 3,040 per day for the two days, for a total to date of 1,001,989. The state Wednesday added 81 deaths attributed to the virus — including 52 that occurred earlier but were recently verified through a vital records review — to reach 20,781.

The state issues new COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

For the five Wisconsin counties in the region, the state Department of Health Services’ COVID-19 data site since Monday had 76 new confirmed positives in Marinette County, 40 in Vilas County, 14 in Forest County, 13 in Iron County and three in Florence County. The DHS posted a new death in Forest County.

The DHS data site Wednesday had Marinette County with 4,768 confirmed cases, 721 probable cases and 69 deaths, eight probable deaths; Vilas County, 2,569 confirmed, 163 probable and 45 deaths, three probable; Forest County, 1,207 confirmed, 94 probable and 26 deaths, four probable; Iron County, 661 confirmed, 137 probable and 21 deaths, 21 probable; and Florence County, 479 confirmed, 73 probable and 13 deaths.

Wisconsin data Wednesday showed 6,325 more positives over the past two days for a total of 707,084 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. The state has recorded 39 more virus-related deaths since Monday to reach 7,876.