Daily Briefing - November 12, 2020 | Copper Country Strong

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UPDATE FROM WESTERN U.P. HEALTH DEPARTMENT

UPDATED NUMBERS FOR NOVEMBER 12

The previous update was Monday, November 9 at 8:30 p.m. All numbers below are in comparison to that update.

TOTAL: 229 more positives, 50 more probable positives, 45 more recoveries and 5 deaths
BARAGA COUNTY: 64 more positives, 1 more probable positive, 7 more recoveries and 1 death
GOGEBIC COUNTY: 49 more positives, 24 more probable positives, 25 more recoveries and 2 deaths
HOUGHTON COUNTY: 83 more positives, 22 more probable positives and 22 more recoveries
KEWEENAW COUNTY: 6 more positives and 1 more recovery
ONTONAGON COUNTY: 27 more positives, 3 more probable positives and 2 deaths

Current Status of Copper Country Area Schools

Houghton County Schools are open, except CLK is closed due to staffing.
Baraga County Schools are closed through Thanksgiving.
Ontonagon Schools are closed through Thanksgiving.
Gogebic County Schools plan to re-open this Monday, except for Watersmeet which is opting to stay closed.
Gogebic Community and Finlandia are planning on going online after Thanksgiving.
MTU is giving professors the option to go online after Thanksgiving, which it sounds like the majority will.

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