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ALPENA — Six new COVID-19 infections were reported by local public health officials on Thursday.

Public health officials on Thursday reported six newly infected or probably infected Northeast Michiganders, including four Alpena County residents and two Presque Isle County residents. No new infections were reported for Montmorency County and Alcona County residents.

As of Feb. 18, local public health agencies have reported confirmed and suspected infections as one number.

Based on that data, 2,988 Northeast Michiganders have been confirmed or suspected infected since the pandemic hit Michigan in mid-March. Of those, 105 have died.

State data showed that, as of Thursday, 25,308 doses of coronavirus vaccine had been administered in Northeast Michigan.

As of Thursday, no one was hospitalized at MidMichigan Medical Center-Alpena with coronavirus infection, or in intensive care, according to state data. The hospital was 32% full.

As of Thursday, 36 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 last death was reported Wednesday.

Local public health officials have stopped tracking recoveries.