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Delta County virus deaths reach 56

ESCANABA — As of Thursday, the U.P. had 13,660 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,919 probable cases, 296 deaths and 62 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 2,427 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 387 probable cases, 56 deaths and 15 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,353 confirmed cases, 180 probable cases, 22 deaths and zero probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 189 confirmed cases, 17 probable cases, three deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 178 confirmed cases, 92 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 456 confirmed cases, 94 probable cases, 28 deaths and zero probable deaths; Chippewa County had 476 confirmed cases, 702 probable cases, nine deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,905 confirmed cases, 154 probable cases, 52 deaths and 11 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 697 confirmed cases, 286 probable cases, 12 deaths and 18 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,522 confirmed cases, 376 probable cases, 17 deaths and six probable deaths; Iron County had 740 confirmed cases, 43 probable cases, 32 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 68 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 125 confirmed cases, 61 probable cases, zero deaths and zero probable deaths; Mackinac County had 249 confirmed cases, 109 probable cases, one death and zero probable deaths; Marquette County had 3,003 confirmed cases, 375 probable cases, 48 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 272 confirmed cases, 28 probable cases, 14 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 19,621 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 103 deaths statewide according to state officials. Of those cases, 7,701 were active infections.

In the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 133 confirmed cases, 6 of which are currently active infections; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 158 confirmed cases, with 105 active infections, and one death; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 863 confirmed cases, 537 of which were active, and three deaths; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,130 confirmed cases, 665 of which are active, and seven deaths; Marquette Branch Prison has had 849 confirmed cases, 15 of which are active; and Newberry Correctional Facility has had 857 confirmed cases, 95 of which are active.

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