Upper Peninsula COVID -19 cases increase by 33
ESCANABA — As of Wednesday, the U.P. had 16,119 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (an increase of 33 cases over 24 hours), 3,933 probable cases, 374 deaths and 90 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 Wednesday, Delta County had a total of 2,629 confirmed COVID-19 cases (an increase of three cases), 461 probable cases, 65 deaths and 19 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,602 confirmed cases (increase of one case), 256 probable cases, 34 deaths and two probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 229 confirmed cases (unchanged), 28 probable cases, four deaths and one probable deaths.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 275 confirmed cases, 156 probable cases, one death and two probable deaths; Baraga County had 497 confirmed cases, 98 probable cases and 31 deaths; Chippewa County had 707 confirmed cases, 1,011 probable cases, 20 deaths and four probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,116 confirmed cases, 236 probable cases, 55 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 889 confirmed cases, 329 probable cases, 18 deaths and 27 probable deaths; Houghton County had 2,024 confirmed cases, 498 probable cases, 32 deaths and eight probable deaths; Iron County had 861 confirmed cases, 62 probable cases, 39 deaths and nine probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 104 confirmed cases, 26 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 132 confirmed cases, 80 probable cases and one probable deaths; Mackinac County had 278 confirmed cases, 150 probable cases and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,425 confirmed cases, 491 probable cases, 53 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 351 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.





