ESCANABA — As of Wednesday, the U.P. had 15,995 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (an increase of 40 in 24 hours), 3,886 probable cases, 370 deaths (an increase of one) and 88 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 Delta County had a total of 2,617 confirmed COVID-19 cases (an increase of two), 458 probable cases, 63 deaths and 19 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,595 confirmed cases (an increase of two), 257 probable cases, 33 deaths and two probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 228 confirmed cases (an increase of one), 26 probable cases, four deaths and one probable death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 274 confirmed cases, 153 probable cases, one death and two probable death; Baraga County had 491 confirmed cases, 94 probable cases, and 31 deaths; Chippewa County had 704 confirmed cases, 1,007 probable cases, 20 deaths and four probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,100 confirmed cases, 237 probable cases, 55 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 866 confirmed cases, 328 probable cases, 18 deaths and 27 probable deaths; Houghton County had 2,002 confirmed cases, 483 probable cases, 32 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 856 confirmed cases, 62 probable cases, 39 deaths and eight probable deaths; Keweenaw County had 105 confirmed cases, 26 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Luce County had 130 confirmed cases, 74 probable cases and one probable death; Mackinac County had 278 confirmed cases, 146 probable cases and three deaths; Marquette County had 3,412 confirmed cases, 489 probable cases, 53 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 337 confirmed cases, 46 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 Wednesday, the MDOC had 23,132 confirmed cases, 724 probable cases, 141 deaths and three probable deaths.