ESCANABA — As of Monday, the U.P. had 15,749 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 3,782 probable cases, 362 deaths and 81 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials. Today’s daily case count represents new referrals of confirmed cases to the MDSS since Saturday, January 23rd. Over the two days, Sunday and Monday, the average number of new confirmed cases is 1,505 per day.

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 2,605 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 452 probable cases, 62 deaths and 18 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,579 confirmed cases, 253 probable cases, 34 deaths and two probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 226 confirmed cases, 23 probable cases, four deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 265 confirmed cases, 150 probable cases, one death and two probable deaths; Baraga County had 485 confirmed cases, 90 probable cases, and 30 death; Chippewa County had 683 confirmed cases, 998 probable cases, 20 deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,087 confirmed cases, 227 probable cases, 56 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 815 confirmed cases, 317 probable cases, 16 deaths and 26 probable deaths; Houghton County had 1,959 confirmed cases, 468 probable cases, 30 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 843 confirmed cases, 62 probable cases, 35 deaths and six probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 102confirmed cases, 23 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 129 confirmed cases, and 73 probable cases; Mackinac County had 274 confirmed cases, 140 probable cases, and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,382 confirmed cases, 474 probable cases, 53 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 315 confirmed cases, 32 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 Monday, the MDOC had 23,042 confirmed cases, 689 probable cases, 136 deaths and three probable deaths.