Increase in COVID-19 cases slows locally
ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 15,777 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,816 probable cases, 364 deaths and 81 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials.
According to the state’s county-by-county count issued Tuesday, Delta County had a total of 2,606 confirmed COVID-19 cases (an increase of one case over 24 hours), 454 probable cases, 62 deaths and 18 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,583 confirmed cases (an increase of four cases), 254 probable cases, 34 deaths and two probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 226 confirmed cases (unchanged), 23 probable cases, four deaths and one probable death.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 266 confirmed cases, 149 probable cases, one deaths and two probable deaths; Baraga County had 485 confirmed cases, 91 probable cases, and 30 deaths; Chippewa County had 686 confirmed cases, 1,004 probable cases, 20 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,089 confirmed cases, 230 probable cases, 56 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 823 confirmed cases, 317 probable cases, 16 deaths and 26 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,965 confirmed cases, 475 probable cases, 31 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 845 confirmed cases, 62 probable cases, 36 deaths and six probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 102 confirmed cases, 25 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 129 confirmed cases, and 74 probable cases; Mackinac County had 275 confirmed cases, 143 probable cases and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,382 confirmed cases, 482 probable cases, 53 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 315 confirmed cases, 33 probable cases, 17 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 Tuessday, the MDOC had 22,802 confirmed cases, 693 probable cases, 138 deaths and three probable deaths.
State officials are reporting as of Tuesday, the state as a whole has distributed 1,477,475 COVID vaccine doses. The U.P. (Region 8) has distributed 51,050 COVID vaccine doses; Pfizer 33,150 and Moderna 17,900.





