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Virus cases at 2,460, 58 deaths in Delta County

ESCANABA — As of Monday, the U.P. had 14,118 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,167 probable cases, 320 deaths and 73 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 Monday, Delta County had a total of 2,460 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 409 probable cases, 58 deaths and 17 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,422 confirmed cases, 228 probable cases, 25 deaths and zero probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 196 confirmed cases, 17 probable cases, three deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 189 confirmed cases, 111 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 456 confirmed cases, 88 probable cases, 28 deaths and zero probable deaths; Chippewa County had 541 confirmed cases, 771 probable cases, 11 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,971 confirmed cases, 179 probable cases, 54 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 703 confirmed cases, 293 probable cases, 15 deaths and 23 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,570 confirmed cases, 386 probable cases, 24 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 765 confirmed cases, 44 probable cases, 32 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 66 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 127 confirmed cases, 68 probable cases, zero deaths and zero probable deaths; Mackinac County had 260 confirmed cases, 116 probable cases, two deaths and zero probable deaths; Marquette County had 3,117 confirmed cases, 413 probable cases, 51 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 275 confirmed cases, 29 probable cases, 15 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 Monday, the MDOC had 20,282 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 122 deaths statewide according to state officials.

The most recent facility-by-facility count for the Michigan Department of Corrections was released on Dec. 23. On that day among prisoners in the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 131 confirmed cases, five of which were 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 were 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 were active.

On Dec. 23, there had been 17 staff infections at Alger Correctional Facility, 62 at Baraga Correctional Facility, 105 at Chippewa Correctional Facility, 119 at the Kinross Correctional Facility and eight at the Kinross Regional Office, 173 at Marquette Branch Prison, and 67 at Newberry Correctional Facility.

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