First positive COVID-19 case confirmed in Marquette County (Upper Michigan)

[Kaleva]

"The Marquette County Health Department has announced Marquette County's first confirmed positive COVID-19 case.

According to a press release Tuesday afternoon, the Marquette County Health Department became aware Tuesday of a positive COVID-19 case identified through commercial laboratory testing.

The health department says the identified person is an adult man with a history of recent domestic travel through international airports. The man has been in home isolation in accordance with current guidelines.

The health department says it will notify people who have been identified as close contacts. They will be assessed for symptoms and monitored properly. The department will not be disclosing additional information about the individual."

https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/First-positive-COVID-19-case-confirmed-in-Marquette-County-569062861.html

[LisaM]

1. Bad news.

There are not that many emergency hospital beds up there; I hope they can contain this as best as possible.

[Kaleva]

4. And the population up here is older

[gibraltar72]

2. The thing that is frightening is the scant number of tests we've run.

My understanding is about half are positive.

[rzemanfl]

3. I posted about international airports back in January.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2426712