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COVID-19 still present, but ­infections slowed

ESCANABA — As of Monday, the U.P. had 16,209 confirmed cases of COVID-19 — an increase of only 38 cases since Friday — 3,947 probable cases, 377 deaths and 91 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 Monday, Delta County had a total of 2,639 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 461 probable cases, 65 deaths and 19 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,606 confirmed cases, 257 probable cases, 35 deaths and two probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 229 confirmed cases, 28 probable cases, four deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 276 confirmed cases, 155 probable cases, one death and two probable deaths; Baraga County had 501 confirmed cases, 97 probable cases and 32 deaths; Chippewa County had 708 confirmed cases, 1,010 probable cases, 20 deaths and four probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,118 confirmed cases, 236 probable cases, 55 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 903 confirmed cases, 335 probable cases, 18 deaths and 28 probable deaths; Houghton County had 2,053 confirmed cases, 505 probable cases, 32 deaths and eight probable deaths; Iron County had 863 confirmed cases, 62 probable cases, 39 deaths and nine probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 108 confirmed cases, 26 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 132 confirmed cases, 82 probable cases and one probable deaths; Mackinac County had 279 confirmed cases, 151 probable cases and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,440 confirmed cases, 491 probable cases, 54 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 354 confirmed cases, 51 probable cases, 18 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 23,663 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 145 deaths, 766 probable cases and 3 probable deaths.

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