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U.P. virus cases close to 14,000

ESCANABA — As of Wednesday, the U.P. had 13,948 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,085 probable cases, 316 deaths and 70 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 2,450 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 403 probable cases, 58 deaths and 17 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,406 confirmed cases, 214 probable cases, 25 deaths and zero probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 195 confirmed cases, 16 probable cases, three deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 185 confirmed cases, 105 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 452 confirmed cases, 94 probable cases, 28 deaths and zero probable deaths; Chippewa County had 515 confirmed cases, 747 probable cases, 11 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,945 confirmed cases, 171 probable cases, 53 deaths and 13 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 700 confirmed cases, 288 probable cases, 15 deaths and 21 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,555 confirmed cases, 384 probable cases, 24 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 757 confirmed cases, 43 probable cases, 32 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 63 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 126 confirmed cases, 61 probable cases, zero deaths and zero probable deaths; Mackinac County had 254 confirmed cases, 112 probable cases, two deaths and zero probable deaths; Marquette County had 3,071 confirmed cases, 403 probable cases, 49 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 274 confirmed cases, 29 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 20,954 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 108 deaths statewide according to state officials. Of those cases, 5,966 were active infections.

In the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 131 confirmed cases, five of which are currently active infections; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 166 confirmed cases, with 100 active infections, and one death; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 1,366 confirmed cases, 766 of which were active, and three deaths; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,132 confirmed cases, 252 of which are active, and seven deaths; Marquette Branch Prison has had 849 confirmed case, 13 of which are active; and Newberry Correctional Facility has had 853 confirmed cases, 49 of which are active.

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