ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula had 3,464 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 537 probable cases, 52 deaths and 1 probable death linked to the disease, as of Monday, October 12 according to state officials.

Delta County had a total of 730 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 102 probable cases and 14 deaths; Menominee County had 478 confirmed cases, 71 probable cases and 3 deaths. Schoolcraft County had 40 confirmed cases and 4 probable cases.

As of October 11 Public Health of Delta and Menominee Counties were reporting Recovered Cases in Delta (includes Probable Cases): 203; Menominee County Recovered Cases (includes Probable Cases): 263.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 38 confirmed cases and 11 probable cases; Baraga County had 46 confirmed cases, 10 probable cases and 3 deaths; Chippewa County had 57 confirmed cases and 33 probable cases; Dickinson County had 327 confirmed cases, 5 probable case and 4 deaths; Gogebic County had 178 confirmed cases, 18 probable cases,1 death and 1 probable death; Houghton County had 669 confirmed cases, 140 probable cases and 5 deaths; Iron County had 287 confirmed cases, 13 probable cases and 10 deaths; Keweenaw County had 13 confirmed cases and one probable case; Luce County had 21 confirmed cases and 6 probable case; Mackinac County had 84 confirmed cases and 23 probable cases; Marquette County had 442 confirmed cases, 97 probable cases and 12 deaths; and Ontonagon County had 54 confirmed cases and 3 probable cases.

New school outbreaks according to state officials as of today are; Bark River-Harris Junior High/Middle school 7 cases combined students and staff; Gladstone High School 2 cases, staff; Bay College 10 cases, students. School related reporting is only reported every Monday by the state.

Today’s daily case count represents new referrals of confirmed cases statewide to the MDSS since Saturday, October 10. Over the two days, Sunday and Monday, the average number of new confirmed cases is 904 per day.

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