ESCANABA — Delta County now has more COVID-19 deaths than any other county in the Upper Peninsula, according to data compiled by the State of Michigan. Delta County reported 13 COVID-19 deaths Thursday — the highest in the U.P. Other counties with high rates were Marquette County with 12 deaths and Iron County with 10 deaths.

Delta County also has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the U.P. at 690 cases and 91 probable cases. A total of 184 of those patients have recovered.

Menominee County had 444 confirmed cases, 91 probable cases and 3 deaths and Recovered Cases (includes Probable Cases): 263; Schoolcraft County had 35 confirmed cases and 4 probable cases.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 25 confirmed cases and 11 probable cases; Baraga County had 42 confirmed cases, 10 probable cases and 3 deaths; Chippewa County had 55 confirmed cases and 31 probable cases; Dickinson County had 256 confirmed cases, 13 probable case and 4 deaths; Gogebic County had 169 confirmed cases, 16 probable cases, 1 death and 1 probable death; Houghton County had 639 confirmed cases, 128 probable cases and 4 deaths; Iron County had 263 confirmed cases, 4 probable cases and 10 deaths; Keweenaw County had 12 confirmed cases and 1 probable case; Luce County had 18 confirmed cases and 3 probable case; Mackinac County had 65 confirmed cases and 21 probable cases; Marquette County had 380 confirmed cases, 99 probable cases and 12 deaths; and Ontonagon County had 47 confirmed cases and 3 probable cases.

The state does not include infections or deaths within the Michigan Department of Corrections system in county-by-county counts.