COVID-19 Update: Montana Adds 70 New Cases, Four More Deaths

As of Friday morning, Montana has confirmed 273,982 positive COVID-19 cases. Montana's COVID-19 case tracking map shows 70 new confirmed cases. There are currently 534 active cases in the state.

According to the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services, 1,454,924 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 563,288 Montanans are fully immunized.

In Missoula, 201,542 doses have been administered and 77,026 people are fully immunized. 66% of Missoula's eligible population are fully vaccinated, which remains tied for the most in the state. You can find the current case numbers from the Missoula City-County Health Department right here.

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According to state statistics, 270,088 Montana residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 21 people are currently hospitalized.

The number of tests increased by 5,129 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 2,778,350.

The state COVID-19 related death toll increased from 3,356 on Thursday to 3,360 on Friday, according to state health officials. 98 additional deaths have been reported in the past five days. According to Montana DPHHS Public Information Officer Jon Ebelt, the increased number of deaths reported this week are largely due to data reconciliation. He said they go back over many months and some are even from last year.

Here are the updated case totals in Montana:

Gallatin County Cases

34,386 Total | 19 New | 127 Active

Missoula County Cases

27,554 Total | 12 New | 129 Active

Flathead County Cases

29,175 Total | 8 New | 20 Active

Cascade County Cases

25,205 Total | 6 New | 26 Active

Lincoln County Cases

4,762 Total | 5 New | 18 Active

Yellowstone County Cases

42,966 Total | 5 New | 90 Active

Carbon County Cases

2,070 Total | 2 New | 8 Active

Glacier County Cases

3,949 Total | 2 New | 2 Active

Lewis and Clark County Cases

17,651 Total | 2 New | 21 Active

Park County Cases

4,212 Total | 2 New | 13 Active

Silver Bow County Cases

8,492 Total | 2 New | 13 Active

Big Horn County Cases

4,969 Total | 1 New | 7 Active

Blaine County Cases

2,071 Total | 1 New | 1 Active

Lake County Cases

6,602 Total | 1 New | 17 Active

Richland County Cases

2,642 Total | 1 New | 1 Active

Teton County Cases

1,280 Total | 1 New | 2 Active

Beaverhead County Cases

2,135 Total | 0 New | 3 Active

Broadwater County Cases

1,278 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Carter County Cases

252 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Chouteau County Cases

992 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Custer County Cases

3,057 Total | 0 New | 3 Active

Daniels County Cases

386 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Dawson County Cases

2,349 Total | 0 New | 9 Active

Deer Lodge County Cases

2,559 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Fallon County Cases

679 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Fergus County Cases

2,511 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Garfield County Cases

225 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Golden Valley County Cases

150 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Granite County Cases

535 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Hill County Cases

4,570 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Jefferson County Cases

2,594 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Judith Basin County Cases

222 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Liberty County Cases

398 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Madison County Cases

1,809 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

McCone County Cases

383 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Meagher County Cases

409 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Mineral County Cases

1,098 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Musselshell County Cases

915 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Petroleum County Cases

35 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Phillips County Cases

1,061 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Pondera County Cases

1,167 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Powder River County Cases

342 Total | 0 New | 4 Active

Powell County Cases

1,871 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Prairie County Cases

263 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Ravalli County Cases

7,065 Total | 0 New | 18 Active

Roosevelt County Cases

3,276 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Rosebud County Cases

2,631 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Sanders County Cases

2,151 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Sheridan County Cases

699 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Stillwater County Cases

1,537 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Sweet Grass County Cases

781 Total | 0 New | 5 Active

Toole County Cases

1,244 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Treasure County Cases

133 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Valley County Cases

1,703 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Wheatland County Cases

386 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Wibaux County Cases

204 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

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