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U.P. virus cases pass 13,500

ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 13,503 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,834 probable cases, 290 deaths and 56 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 2,396 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 379 probable cases, 53 deaths and 13 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,336 confirmed cases, 179 probable cases, and 22 deaths; Schoolcraft County had 187 confirmed cases, 16 probable cases, two deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 177 confirmed cases, 91 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 452 confirmed cases, 94 probable cases, and 28 deaths; Chippewa County had 468 confirmed cases, eight deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,887 confirmed cases, 150 probable cases, 52 deaths and 11 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 684 confirmed cases, 280 probable cases, 12 deaths and 16 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,501 confirmed cases, 370 probable cases, 17 deaths and four probable deaths; Iron County had 734 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 247 confirmed cases, 107 probable cases, and one death; Marquette County had 2,973 confirmed cases, 363 probable cases, 47 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 Tuesday, the MDOC had 17,929 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 106 deaths, and 527 probable cases.

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