ESCANABA — Nearly 9,000 confirmed cases of the virus responsible for COVID-19 have been recorded for far in the Upper Peninsula, according to state officials, but because the state excludes prisons from the count, the number of COVID-19 positive U.P. residents is already well past 10,000.

The Upper Peninsula had 8,958 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 1,446 probable cases, 159 deaths and 26 probable deaths linked to the disease, as of Friday according to county-by-county counts issued by state officials.

The state does not include infections or deaths within the Michigan Department of Corrections system in county-by-county counts, however, as of Friday, the MDOC had 8,823 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 102 probable cases and 76 deaths according to state officials. In the U.P. Alger Correctional Facility has had 64 confirmed cases; Baraga Correctional Facility has had nine confirmed cases; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 110 confirmed cases; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 12 confirmed cases; 845 Marquette Correctional Facility has had 64 confirmed cases; and Newberry Facility has had 599 confirmed cases.

When combined with the county-by-county counts, the U.P. has seen 10,652 confirmed cases of the virus so far.

No deaths are reported in the Upper Michigan Department of Corrections.

Outside the prison population, Delta County had a total of 1,761 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 221 probable cases, 46 deaths, eight probable deaths and 744 recovered cases (including probable cases); Menominee County had 939 confirmed cases, 97 probable cases and 10 deaths and 484 recovered cases (including probable cases); Schoolcraft County had 141 confirmed cases, eight probable cases, and one probable death and 54 recovered cases (including probable cases), as of Friday.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 121 confirmed cases, 45 probable cases; Baraga County had 252 confirmed cases, 331 probable cases and five deaths; Chippewa County had 217 confirmed cases, 260 probable cases and 2 deaths; Dickinson County had 1,153 confirmed cases, 54 probable case, 26 deaths and two probable deaths; Gogebic County had 455 confirmed cases, 172 probable cases, nine death and 10 probable death; Houghton County had 1,023 confirmed cases, 207 probable cases and eight deaths, and one probable death; Iron County had 560 confirmed cases, 33 probable cases 25 deaths and four probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 33 confirmed cases, one probable case and one death; Luce County had 105 confirmed cases, 37 probable cases; Mackinac County had 168 confirmed cases, and 43 probable cases; Marquette County had 1,821 confirmed cases, 211 probable cases and 21 deaths; and Ontonagon County had 209 confirmed cases, 26 probable cases and five deaths.