ESCANABA — As of Monday, the U.P. had 13,857 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,000 probable cases, 308 deaths and 67 probable deaths linked to the disease. Monday’s daily case count represents new referrals of confirmed cases to the MDSS since Saturday, Dec. 19. Over the two days, Sunday and Monday, the average number of new confirmed cases is 2,275 per day 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 2,437 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 399 probable cases, 57 deaths and 17 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,387 confirmed cases, 202 probable cases, and 24 deaths; Schoolcraft County had 196 confirmed cases, 16 probable cases, three deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 186 confirmed cases, 96 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 447 confirmed cases, 93 probable cases, and 28 deaths; Chippewa County had 504 confirmed cases, 713 probable cases, 10 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 1,930 confirmed cases, 165 probable cases, 53 deaths and 11 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 699 confirmed cases, 289 probable cases, 13 deaths and 20 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,550 confirmed cases, 380 probable cases, 21 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 750 confirmed cases, 42 probable cases, 32 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 62 confirmed cases, 15 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 125 confirmed cases, and 61 probable cases; Mackinac County had 253 confirmed cases, 110 probable cases, and two deaths; Marquette County had 3,057 confirmed cases, 390 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, the MDOC had 18,816 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 547 probable cases, and 113 deaths.