As of Friday morning, Montana has confirmed 105,974 positive COVID-19 cases. Montana's COVID-19 case tracking map shows 229 new confirmed cases. There are currently 1,069 active cases in the state.

653 cases were reported last week and 566 cases were reported the week before.

According to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, 571,507 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 233,777 Montanans are fully immunized. In Missoula, 73,201 doses have been administered and 26,898 people are fully immunized.

Missoula County has had a total of 8,835 confirmed cases and 101 cases are currently active. You can find the current numbers from the Missoula City-County Health Department right here.

According to state statistics, 103,384 Montana residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 38 people are currently hospitalized.

The number of tests increased by 4,208 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 1,233,331.

The state COVID-19 related death toll increased from 1,494 on Thursday to 1,521 on Friday, according to state health officials.

Here are the updated case totals in Montana:

Cascade County Cases

      8,604 Total  |  76 New  | 55 Active

Gallatin County Cases

      13,617 Total  |  65 New  | 330 Active

Yellowstone County Cases

      16,811 Total  |  26 New  | 130 Active

Silver Bow County Cases

      4,015 Total  |  7 New  | 21 Active

Park County Cases

      1,218 Total  |  6 New  | 37 Active

Lewis and Clark County Cases

      6,628 Total  |  5 New  | 58 Active

Flathead County Cases

      11,474 Total  |  4 New  | 66 Active

Sanders County Cases

      614 Total  |  4 New  | 8 Active

Lincoln County Cases

      1,573 Total  |  3 New  | 26 Active

Beaverhead County Cases

      898 Total  |  2 New  | 4 Active

Broadwater County Cases

      461 Total  |  2 New  | 27 Active

Chouteau County Cases

      496 Total  |  2 New  | 2 Active

Powder River County Cases

      120 Total  |  2 New  | 2 Active

Teton County Cases

      444 Total  |  2 New  | 5 Active

Big Horn County Cases

      2,496 Total  |  1 New  | 17 Active

Dawson County Cases

      1,102 Total  |  1 New  | 2 Active

Jefferson County Cases

      1,054 Total  |  1 New  | 6 Active

Madison County Cases

      737 Total  |  1 New  | 9 Active

Meagher County Cases

      129 Total  |  1 New  | 2 Active

Mineral County Cases

      251 Total  |  1 New  | 1 Active

Ravalli County Cases

      2,936 Total  |  1 New  | 54 Active

Richland County Cases

      1,120 Total  |  1 New  | 3 Active

Roosevelt County Cases

      1,602 Total  |  1 New  | 12 Active

Blaine County Cases

      729 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Carbon County Cases

      854 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Carter County Cases

      146 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Custer County Cases

      1,175 Total  |  0 New  | 6 Active

Daniels County Cases

      197 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Deer Lodge County Cases

      1,073 Total  |  0 New  | 10 Active

Fallon County Cases

      279 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Fergus County Cases

      1,097 Total  |  0 New  | 11 Active

Garfield County Cases

      78 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Glacier County Cases

      1,527 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Golden Valley County Cases

      53 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Granite County Cases

      190 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Hill County Cases

      1,949 Total  |  0 New  | 5 Active

Judith Basin County Cases

      90 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Lake County Cases

      1,998 Total  |  0 New  | 19 Active

Liberty County Cases

      117 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

McCone County Cases

      183 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Musselshell County Cases

      330 Total  |  0 New  | 10 Active

Petroleum County Cases

      12 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Phillips County Cases

      521 Total  |  0 New  | 6 Active

Pondera County Cases

      459 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Powell County Cases

      909 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Prairie County Cases

      141 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Rosebud County Cases

      1,194 Total  |  0 New  | 3 Active

Sheridan County Cases

      420 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Stillwater County Cases

      714 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Sweet Grass County Cases

      387 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Toole County Cases

      710 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Treasure County Cases

      55 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Valley County Cases

      868 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Wheatland County Cases

      176 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Wibaux County Cases

      120 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

 

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