Virus deaths increase in Delta County
ESCANABA — The Upper Peninsula had 2,860 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 428 probable cases, 42 deaths and 1 probable death linked to the disease, according to state officials.
Delta County had a total of 621 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 88 probable cases and 10 deaths as of Monday; Menominee County had 408 confirmed cases, 63 probable cases and 3 deaths; Schoolcraft County had 34 confirmed cases and 3 probable cases.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 22 confirmed cases and 5 probable cases; Baraga County had 35 confirmed cases, 10 probable cases and 3 deaths; Chippewa County had 54 confirmed cases and 30 probable cases; Dickinson County had 212 confirmed cases, 3 probable case and 2 deaths; Gogebic County had 164 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, 1 death and 1 probable death; Houghton County had 569 confirmed cases, 103 probable cases and 3 deaths; Iron County had 251 confirmed cases, 4 probable cases and 8 deaths; Keweenaw County had 13 confirmed cases and 1 probable case; Luce County had 13 confirmed cases and 1 probable case; Mackinac County had 54 confirmed cases and 21 probable cases; Marquette County had 365 confirmed cases, 80 probable cases and 12 deaths; and Ontonagon County had 45 confirmed cases and 1 probable cases.
The state does not include infections or deaths within the Michigan Department of Corrections system in county-by-county counts.
According to the state COVID website local ongoing school outbreaks In Delta County are Holy Name Catholic School, Webster Kindergarten Center and Escanaba Jr/Sr. High which were report on September 28. No new school outbreaks have been report as of October 5, according to www.michigan.gov/coronavirus.





