ESCANABA — As of Monday, the U.P. had 13,446 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,777 probable cases, 281 deaths and 54 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials. According to the state the daily count represents new referrals of confirmed cases to the MSDSS since Saturday, December 12. Over the two days, Sunday and Monday, the average number of new confirmed cases is 3,602 per day.

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

According to the state’s county-by-county count issued Monday, Delta County had a total of 2,394 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 374 probable cases, 53 deaths and 13 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,327 confirmed cases, 178 probable cases, and 22 deaths; Schoolcraft County had 188 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, two deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 177 confirmed cases, 90 probable cases, one death and one probable deaths; Baraga County had 452 confirmed cases, 91 probable cases and 26 deaths; Chippewa County had 461 confirmed cases, 636 probable cases, eight deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,875 confirmed cases, 144 probable cases, 51 deaths and 11 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 680 confirmed cases, 277 probable cases, 12 deaths and 15 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,487 confirmed cases, 364 probable cases, 14 deaths and three probable deaths; Iron County had 735 confirmed cases, 42 probable cases, 32 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 67 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 122 confirmed cases and 60 probable cases; Mackinac County had 246 confirmed cases, 105 probable cases and one death; Marquette County had 2,964 confirmed cases, 358 probable cases, 44 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 271 confirmed cases, 28 probable cases, 14 deaths and one probable deaths.

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 17,748 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 104 deaths statewide according to state officials. Of those cases, 480 were active infections cases, 24 of which are currently active infections with 15 confirmed staff cases; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 156 confirmed cases, with 142 active infections and 60 confirmed staff cases; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 863 confirmed cases, 675 of which were active, three deaths and 66 confirmed staff cases; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,130 confirmed cases, 950 of which are active, seven deaths and eight confirmed staff cases; Marquette Branch Prison has had 849 confirmed case, 15 of which are active and 169 confirmed staff cases; and Newberry Correctional Facility has had 863 confirmed cases, 130 of which are active and 66 confirmed staff cases.