COVID-19 Update: Montana Adds 253 New Cases, One More Death

As of Wednesday morning, Montana has confirmed 195,417 positive COVID-19 cases. Montana's COVID-19 case tracking map shows 253 new confirmed cases. There are currently 1,639 active cases in the state.

According to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, 1,308,426 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 536,006 Montanans are fully immunized.

In Missoula, 180,490 doses have been administered and 73,905 people are fully immunized. 64% of Missoula's eligible population are fully vaccinated, which remains the most in the state. You can find the current case numbers from the Missoula City-County Health Department right here.

According to state statistics, 190,888 Montana residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 125 people are currently hospitalized.

The number of tests increased by 5,698 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 2,252,452.

The state COVID-19 related death toll increased from 2,889 on Tuesday to 2,890 on Wednesday, according to state health officials.

Here are the updated case totals in Montana:

Gallatin County Cases

22,871 Total | 58 New | 183 Active

Yellowstone County Cases

31,873 Total | 45 New | 367 Active

Cascade County Cases

17,041 Total | 35 New | 153 Active

Flathead County Cases

21,258 Total | 21 New | 109 Active

Lewis and Clark County Cases

12,542 Total | 21 New | 146 Active

Missoula County Cases

17,772 Total | 24 New | 175 Active

Dawson County Cases

1,860 Total | 7 New | 11 Active

Richland County Cases

2,015 Total | 7 New | 19 Active

Ravalli County Cases

5,471 Total | 4 New | 37 Active

Silver Bow County Cases

6,340 Total | 4 New | 17 Active

Glacier County Cases

2,498 Total | 3 New | 7 Active

Lake County Cases

4,786 Total | 3 New | 48 Active

Park County Cases

2,783 Total | 3 New | 95 Active

Sanders County Cases

1,597 Total | 3 New | 19 Active

Teton County Cases

931 Total | 3 New | 10 Active

Carbon County Cases

1,596 Total | 2 New | 12 Active

Deer Lodge County Cases

1,680 Total | 2 New | 5 Active

Pondera County Cases

840 Total | 2 New | 8 Active

Powell County Cases

1,462 Total | 2 New | 3 Active

Rosebud County Cases

1,777 Total | 2 New | 1 Active

Chouteau County Cases

789 Total | 1 New | 2 Active

Fergus County Cases

1,880 Total | 1 New | 11 Active

Jefferson County Cases

1,938 Total | 1 New | 8 Active

Mineral County Cases

758 Total | 1 New | 3 Active

Roosevelt County Cases

2,350 Total | 1 New | 6 Active

Sheridan County Cases

562 Total | 1 New | 4 Active

Sweet Grass County Cases

600 Total | 1 New | 1 Active

Toole County Cases

1,008 Total | 1 New | 3 Active

Wheatland County Cases

274 Total | 1 New | 1 Active

Beaverhead County Cases

1,601 Total | 0 New | 4 Active

Big Horn County Cases

3,453 Total | 0 New | 38 Active

Blaine County Cases

1,443 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Broadwater County Cases

1,005 Total | 0 New | 14 Active

Carter County Cases

208 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Custer County Cases

2,422 Total | 0 New | 7 Active

Daniels County Cases

312 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Fallon County Cases

556 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Garfield County Cases

162 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Golden Valley County Cases

122 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Granite County Cases

409 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Hill County Cases

3,427 Total | 0 New | 7 Active

Judith Basin County Cases

164 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Liberty County Cases

268 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Lincoln County Cases

3,621 Total | 0 New | 37 Active

Madison County Cases

1,425 Total | 0 New | 19 Active

McCone County Cases

316 Total | 0 New | 5 Active

Meagher County Cases

278 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Musselshell County Cases

765 Total | 0 New | 3 Active

Petroleum County Cases

26 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Phillips County Cases

880 Total | 0 New | 6 Active

Powder River County Cases

286 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Prairie County Cases

194 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Stillwater County Cases

1,243 Total | 0 New | 9 Active

Treasure County Cases

115 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Valley County Cases

1,396 Total | 0 New | 11 Active

Wibaux County Cases

178 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

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