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Delta at 50 deaths, 2,228 virus cases

ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 12,036 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,183 probable cases, 233 deaths and 39 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials.

The figure does not include prisoners in the Michigan Department of Corrections.

According to the state’s county-by-county count issued Tuesday, Delta County had a total of 2,228 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 278 probable cases, 50 deaths and 10 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,217 confirmed cases, 135 probable cases, and 18 deaths; Schoolcraft County had 164 confirmed cases, 11 probable cases, one death and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 160 confirmed cases, 76 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 414 confirmed cases, 70 probable cases, and 21 deaths; Chippewa County had 363 confirmed cases, 504 probable cases, and six deaths; Dickinson County had 1,665 confirmed cases, 89 probable cases, 40 deaths and six probable deaths; Gogebic County had 584 confirmed cases, 215 probable cases, 11 deaths and 12 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,277 confirmed cases, 281 probable cases, 11 deaths and two probable deaths; Iron County had 693 confirmed cases, 37 probable cases, 29 deaths and four probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 57 confirmed cases, 14 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 118 confirmed cases, and 50 probable cases; Mackinac County had 216 confirmed cases, 80 probable cases, and one death; Marquette County had 2,628 confirmed cases, 317 probable cases, 30 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 252 confirmed cases, 28 probable cases, 13 deaths and one probable death.

The state does not include infections or deaths within the Michigan Department of Corrections system in county-by-county counts, however, as of Monday, the MDOC had 12,900 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 89 deaths statewide according to state officials. Of those cases, 231 were active infections.

In the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 127 confirmed cases, 57 of which are currently active infections; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 61 confirmed cases, with 54 active infections; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 267 confirmed cases, 145 of which were active and one death; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,115 confirmed cases, 1,092 of which are active and two deaths; Marquette Correctional Facility has had 846 confirmed case, 15 of which are active; and Newberry Facility has had 784 confirmed cases, 320 of which are active.

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