ESCANABA — As of Thursday, the U.P. had 15,863 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,839 probable cases, 365 deaths and 82 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 2,613 confirmed COVID-19 cases, (an increase of three in the last 24 hours) 457 probable cases, 62 deaths and 18 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,588 confirmed cases (an increase of four cases), 255 probable cases, 33 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 272 confirmed cases, 152 probable cases, one death and two probable deaths; Baraga County had 486 confirmed cases, 91 probable cases, and 30 deaths; Chippewa County had 688 confirmed cases, 1,006 probable cases, 20 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,093 confirmed cases, 234 probable cases, 56 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 839 confirmed cases, 320 probable cases, 17 deaths and 27 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,983 confirmed cases, 481 probable cases, 31 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 849 confirmed cases, 61 probable cases, 37 deaths and six probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 105 confirmed cases, 25 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 130 confirmed cases, and 73 probable cases; Mackinac County had 277 confirmed cases, 143 probable cases, and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,394 confirmed cases, 483 probable cases, 53 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 320 confirmed cases, 35 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 Thursday, the MDOC had 22,884 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 138 deaths, probable cases 717 and three probable deaths statewide according to state officials.