Nearly 300 dead from virus in U.P.
ESCANABA — As of Friday, the U.P. had 13,744 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,933 probable cases, 297 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 Friday, Delta County had a total of 2,435 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 388 probable cases, 56 deaths and 15 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,360 confirmed cases, 182 probable cases, and 22 deaths; and Schoolcraft County had 194 confirmed cases, 17 probable cases, three deaths and one probable death.
The LMAS District Health Department has reported as of Thursday, in Luce County had 147 recovered cases, Mackinac had 240 recovered cases, Alger County had 193 cases and in Schoolcraft there were 158 recovered cases.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 182 confirmed cases, 93 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 459 confirmed cases, 95 probable cases, and 28 deaths; Chippewa County had 487 confirmed cases, 703 probable cases, nine deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,917 confirmed cases, 157 probable cases, 52 deaths and 11 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 700 confirmed cases, 288 probable cases, 12 deaths and 18 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,532 confirmed cases, 375 probable cases, 17 deaths and six probable deaths; Iron County had 743 confirmed cases, 42 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, and 61 probable cases; Mackinac County had 250 confirmed cases, 109 probable cases, and two deaths; Marquette County had 3,020 confirmed cases, 380 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 Thursday, the MDOC had 18,168 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 108 deaths statewide according to state officials and 534 probable cases.
In the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 134 confirmed cases, seven of which are currently active infections; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 162 confirmed cases, with 109 active infections and one death; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 801 confirmed cases, 531 of which were active and three deaths; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,130 confirmed cases, 433 of which are active, and seven deaths; Marquette Branch Prison has had 846 confirmed case, 13 of which are active; and Newberry Correctional Facility has had 857 confirmed cases, 61 of which are active.





