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Delta virus cases at 2,351

ESCANABA — As of Wednesday, the U.P. had 13,044 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,626 probable cases, 264 deaths and 51 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 Wednesday, Delta County had a total of 2,351 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 346 probable cases, 53 deaths and 12 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,302 confirmed cases, 166 probable cases, and 20 deaths; Schoolcraft County had 187 confirmed cases, 14 probable cases, two deaths and one probable death.

The LMAS District Health Department, which serves Luce, Mackinac, Alger and Schoolcraft County, has reported 126 recovered cases in Luce, 206 recovered in Mackinac, 165 recovered cases in Alger and 154 in Schoolcraft. However, more recoveries are possible, as the LMAS Health District only reports their cases weekly every Thursdays.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 171 confirmed cases, 87 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County

had 440 confirmed cases, 90 probable cases, and 24 deaths; Chippewa County had 426 confirmed cases, 595 probable cases, six deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,818 confirmed cases, 128 probable cases, 49 deaths and 10 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 653 confirmed cases, 260 probable cases, 11 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,422 confirmed cases, 361 probable cases, 13 deaths and three probable deaths; Iron County had 725 confirmed cases, 38 probable cases, 31 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 65 confirmed cases, 14 probable cases, one deaths and one probable deaths; Luce County had 122 confirmed cases, and 56 probable cases; Mackinac County had 239 confirmed cases, 100 probable cases, and one death; Marquette County had 2,854 confirmed cases, 344 probable cases, 38 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 269 confirmed cases, 27 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 16,086 confirmed cases, 422 probable cases, and 99 deaths.

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