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Delta County passes 2,500 virus cases

ESCANABA — As of Thursday, the U.P. had 12,205 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,275 probable cases, 235 deaths and 40 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 Thursday, Delta County had a total of 2,256 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 298 probable cases, 51 deaths and 11 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,241 confirmed cases, 139 probable cases, 18 deaths and zero probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 164 confirmed cases, 11 probable cases, one death and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 159 confirmed cases, 79 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 419 confirmed cases, 81 probable cases, 23 deaths and zero probable deaths; Chippewa County had 369 confirmed cases, 516 probable cases, six deaths and zero probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,709 confirmed cases, 98 probable cases, 39 deaths and six probable deaths; Gogebic County had 597 confirmed cases, 217 probable cases, 11 deaths and 12 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,289 confirmed cases, 295 probable cases, 11 deaths and two probable deaths; Iron County had 701 confirmed cases, 38 probable cases, 11 deaths and two probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 57 confirmed cases, 14 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 118 confirmed cases, 53 probable cases, zero deaths and zero probable deaths; Mackinac County had 220 confirmed cases, 85 probable cases, one death and zero probable deaths; Marquette County had 2,650 confirmed cases, 324 probable cases, 30 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 256 confirmed cases, 27 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 Wednesday, the MDOC had 14,054 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 89 deaths statewide according to state officials. Of those cases, 4,960 were active infections among prisoners. The MDOC has also lost three corrections officers to the virus since the start of the pandemic.

In the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 127 confirmed cases, 36 of which are currently active infections; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 65 confirmed cases, with 58 active infections; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 280 confirmed cases, 100 of which were active; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,115 confirmed cases, 1,017 of which are active; Marquette Branch Prison has had 846 confirmed case, 15 of which are active; and Newberry Facility has had 784 confirmed cases, 85 of which are active.

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