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Upper Peninsula COVID-19 cases reported at 14,768

ESCANABA — As of Thursday, the U.P. had 14,768 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,509 probable cases, 334 deaths and 77 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 Thursday, Delta County had a total of 2,532 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 429 probable cases, 60 deaths and 18 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,511 confirmed cases, 27 probable cases, 239 deaths and two probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 219 confirmed cases, 20 probable cases, three deaths and one probable deaths.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 201 confirmed cases, 132 probable cases, one deaths and two probable deaths; Baraga County had 476 confirmed cases, 88 probable cases, and 29 deaths; Chippewa County had 628 confirmed cases, 929 probable cases, 13 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,037 confirmed cases, 199 probable cases, 56 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 725 confirmed cases, 300 probable cases, 16 deaths and 23 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,687 confirmed cases, 432 probable cases, 27 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 785 confirmed cases, 59 probable cases, 32 deaths and five probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 81 confirmed cases, 16 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 127 confirmed cases, and 68 probable cases; Mackinac County had 267 confirmed cases, 128 probable cases, and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,213 confirmed cases, 439 probable cases, 51 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 279 confirmed cases, 31 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 Wednesday, the MDOC had had 21,396 confirmed cases, 649 probable cases, 128 deaths and two probable deaths according to state officials.

In the U.P., Alger Correctional Facility has had 137 confirmed cases, nine of which are currently active infections and 18 confirmed staff cases; Baraga Correctional Facility has had 168 confirmed cases, with 84 active infections, 67 confirmed staff cases and one death; Chippewa Correctional Facility has had 1,685 confirmed cases, 1,082 of which were active 161 confirmed staff cases; Kinross Correctional Facility has had 1,133 confirmed cases, 188 of which are active, nine confirmed staff cases and eight deaths; Marquette Branch Prison has had 849 confirmed case, 12 of which are active 173 confirmed staff cases; and Newberry Correctional Facility has had 853 confirmed cases, 46 of which are active 67 confirmed staff cases and one death.

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