ESCANABA — As of Tuesday, the U.P. had 16,086 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (an increase of 13 cases in 24 hours), 3,934 probable cases, 374 deaths and 89 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 2,626 confirmed COVID-19 cases (an increase of two cases), 461 probable cases, 65 deaths and 19 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,601 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 death.

Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 275 confirmed cases, 156 probable cases, one death and two probable deaths; Baraga County had 495 confirmed cases, 98 probable cases and 31 deaths; Chippewa County had 706 confirmed cases, 1,010 probable cases, 20 deaths and four probable deaths; Dickinson County had 2,114 confirmed cases, 236 probable cases, 55 deaths and 14 probable deaths; Gogebic County had 878 confirmed cases, 330 probable cases, 18 deaths and 27 probable deaths; Houghton County had 2,017 confirmed cases, 500 probable cases, 32 deaths and seven probable deaths; Iron County had 860 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 death; Mackinac County had 278 confirmed cases, 150 probable cases and three probable deaths; Marquette County had 3,422 confirmed cases, 492 probable cases, 53 deaths and one probable death; and Ontonagon County had 349 confirmed cases, 49 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 Tuesday, the MDOC had 23,374 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 143 deaths statewide according to state officials. Of those cases, 748 were active infections and three probable deaths.

COVID vaccine distribution for the state as of Monday, was 2,022,250. In the U.P. the total vaccines distributed was 72,725; Pfizer 41,925 and Moderna 30,800.

As of Tuesday, a regular reviews of death certificate data maintained in Vital Records reporting systems are conducted by MDHHS staff three times per week. As a part of this process, records that identify COVID-19 infection as a contributing factor to death are compared against all laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS). If a death certificate is matched to a confirmed COVID-19 case and that record in the MDSS does not indicate the individual died, the MDSS record is updated to indicate the death and the appropriate local health department is notified. These matched deaths are then included with mortality information posted to the Michigan Coronavirus website. As a result of the most recent assessment data includes 31 additional deaths identified by this methodology.