Delta COVID-19 deaths at 60
ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 14,171 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,249 probable cases, 324 deaths and 73 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 2,464 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 414 probable cases, 60 deaths and 17 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,440 confirmed cases, 231 probable cases, 25 deaths and zero probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 201 confirmed cases, 20 probable cases, three deaths and one probable death.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 190 confirmed cases, 127 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 455 confirmed cases, 88 probable cases, 28 deaths and zero probable deaths; Chippewa County had 548 confirmed cases, 817 probable cases, 12 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,977 confirmed cases, 183 probable cases, 54 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 707 confirmed cases, 293 probable cases, 15 deaths and 23 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,573 confirmed cases, 392 probable cases, 25 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 765 confirmed cases, 44 probable cases, 32 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 66 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 127 confirmed cases, 65 probable cases, zero deaths and zero probable deaths; Mackinac County had 260 confirmed cases, 117 probable cases, two deaths and zero probable deaths; Marquette County had 3,121 confirmed cases, 414 probable cases, 51 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 277 confirmed cases, 29 probable cases, 15 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 Tuesday, the MDOC had 21,622 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 116 deaths statewide according to state officials. Of those cases, 6,314 were active infections.
In the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 136 confirmed cases, 9 of which are currently active infections; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 168 confirmed cases, with 101 active infections, and one death; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 1,369 confirmed cases, 768 of which were active, and three deaths; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,133 confirmed cases, 196 of which are active, and eight deaths; Marquette Branch Prison has had 849 confirmed case, 12 of which are active; and Newberry Correctional Facility has had 853 confirmed cases, 49 of which are active, and one death.





