There were 1,250 new COVID-19 cases reported in Montana on Wednesday with 11,044 total active cases in the state, according to the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services (DPHHS).
DPHHS reported 19 new deaths on Tuesday, noting that 15 of those have occurred since October 8, and the other four were in September.
The deaths occurred in the following counties:
- Cascade
- Granite
- Hill (2)
- Lake (2)
- Lewis & Clark
- Lincoln
- Missoula (3)
- Pondera (2)
- Richland (3)
- Yellowstone (3).
The total number of Montanans who have died due to COVID-19 is now 2,225, according to DPHHS.
The number of people currently hospitalized due to COVID is 446, down from 454 on Tuesday.
The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Montana due to the virus is 8,447.
There have been 168,513 cumulative cases of COVID in Montana. The cumulative number of recoveries is now 155,244.
Counties with the most news cases
- Yellowstone County Cases: 27,287 Total | 252 New | 2,565 Active
- Gallatin County Cases: 19,805 Total | 184 New | 538 Active
- Flathead County Cases: 18,702 Total | 153 New | 1,046 Active
- Missoula County Cases: 15,549 Total | 130 New | 1,886 Active
- Cascade County Cases: 14,542 Total | 87 New | 1,095 Active
- Lewis and Clark County Cases: 10,590 Total | 56 New | 951 Active
- Silver Bow County Cases: 5,577 Total | 43 New | 143 Active
- Lake County Cases: 3,921 Total | 29 New | 253 Active
- Park County Cases: 2,173 Total | 27 New | 207 Active
- Stillwater County Cases: 1,084 Total | 27 New | 128 Active
There were 7,027 new COVID tests administered since the last DPHHS report.
An estimated 54% of eligible residents are now vaccinated, with 499,292 Montanans now considered fully vaccinated. The total number of doses administered is 1,059,563.
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Information from DPHHS at this point does not include data on whether new cases occurred among vaccinated or unvaccinated people.
The information above is from the DPHHS website and is current as of Wednesday, October 20. The website contains county-specific data on new cases, vaccination rates, and more.