New COVID-19 cases declining in local area
ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 16,336 confirmed cases of COVID-19 an increase of 17 cases in 24 hours), 4,014 probable cases, 383 deaths and 93 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 Tuesday, Delta County had a total of 2,642 confirmed COVID-19 cases (an increase of two cases), 470 probable cases, 65 deaths and 19 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,614 confirmed cases (unchanged), 262 probable cases, 35 deaths and two probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 229 confirmed cases (unchanged), 28 probable cases, four deaths and one probable death.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 277 confirmed cases, 157 probable cases, one death and four probable deaths; Baraga County had 504 confirmed cases, 98 probable cases and 32 deaths; Chippewa County had 717 confirmed cases, 1,027 probable cases, 23 deaths and four probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,129 confirmed cases, 237 probable cases, 55 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 921 confirmed cases, 340 probable cases, 19 deaths and 28 probable deaths; Houghton County had 2,100 confirmed cases, 520 probable cases, 32 deaths and eight probable deaths; Iron County had 866 confirmed cases, 61 probable cases, 40 deaths and nine probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 112 confirmed cases, 29 probable cases,one death and one probable death; Luce County had 132 confirmed cases, 84 probable cases and one probable death; Mackinac County had 289 confirmed cases, 151 probable cases and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,446 confirmed cases, 489 probable cases, 54 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 358 confirmed cases, 52 probable cases, 19 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 Tuesday, the MDOC had 23,922 confirmed cases, 786 probable cases, 145 deaths and three probable deaths.