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ALPENA — Two more Montmorency County residents have died after being infected with the coronavirus, health officials reported today.

It was 32nd death of a Northeast Michigander since the pandemic began, including 18 Alpena County residents, three Presque Isle County residents, four Montmorency County residents, and seven Alcona County residents.

The last death was reported Tuesday.

Public health officials today reported 54 newly infected Northeast Michiganders, including 22 Alpena County residents, 26 Presque Isle County residents, five Montmorency County residents, and one Alcona County resident.

That means that, as of today, 1,390 Northeast Michiganders were actively infected, meaning they’d been confirmed infected with COVID-19 but have not recovered or died, and could infect others.

Free drive-thru COVID-19 tests will be administered 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday in the MediLodge of Rogers City Bradley Highway-side parking lot. A doctor’s referral is not needed. Participants are asked to enter from Lark Street.

As of Thursday, 16 COVID-19 patients, four of whom were in intensive care, were hospitalized at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena, according to state data. The Alpena hospital was 33% full.

As of Thursday, 130 people were hospitalized with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection across the state-designated, 18-county health care region that includes Alpena, Presque Isle, and Montmorency counties, according to state data. The state had not updated hospital data as of this afternoon.

Since the pandemic hit Michigan in mid-March, 1,672 Northeast Michiganders have been infected, according to local public health agencies. Of those, 250 have recovered.