U.P. virus cases reach 12,205
ESCANABA — As of Wenesday, the U.P. had 12,205 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,275 probable cases, 235 deaths and 40 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 2,256 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 298 probable cases, 51 deaths and 11 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,241 confirmed cases, 139 probable cases, and 18 deaths; Schoolcraft County had 164 confirmed cases, 11 probable cases, one death and one probable death.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 159 confirmed cases, 79 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 419 confirmed cases, 81 probable cases, and 23 deaths; Chippewa County had 369 confirmed cases, 516 probable cases, and six deaths; Dickinson County had 1,709 confirmed cases, 98 probable cases, 39 deaths and six probable deaths; Gogebic County had 597 confirmed cases, 217 probable cases, 11 deaths and 12 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,289 confirmed cases, 295 probable cases, 11 deaths and two probable deaths; Iron County had 701 confirmed cases, 38 probable cases, 29 deaths and four probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 57 confirmed cases, 14 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 118 confirmed cases, and 53 probable cases; Mackinac County had 220 confirmed cases, 85 probable cases, one death; Marquette County had 2,650 confirmed cases, 324 probable cases, 30 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 256 confirmed cases, 27 probable cases, 13 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 12,970 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 246 probable cases and 92 deaths, statewide according to state officials.



