As of Wednesday morning, Montana has confirmed 97,900 positive COVID-19 cases. Montana's COVID-19 case tracking map shows 243 new confirmed cases. There are currently 2,532 active cases in the state.

1,664 cases were reported last week and 1,886 cases were reported the week before. 484 cases have been reported in the past three days.

According to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, 189,971 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 55,504 Montanans are fully immunized. In Missoula, 20,245 doses have been administered and 6,063 people are fully immunized.

Missoula County has had a total of 8,008 confirmed cases and 132 cases are currently active. You can find the current numbers from the Missoula City-County Health Department right here.

According to state statistics, 94,034 Montana residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 91 people are currently hospitalized.

The number of tests increased by 3,953 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 1,029,320.

The state COVID-19 related death toll increased from 1,331 on Tuesday to 1,334 on Wednesday, according to state health officials.

Here are the updated case totals in Montana:

Gallatin County Cases

      11,937 Total  |  41 New  | 259 Active

Flathead County Cases

      10,680 Total  |  34 New  | 455 Active

Yellowstone County Cases

      15,994 Total  |  30 New  | 701 Active

Silver Bow County Cases

      3,630 Total  |  23 New  | 75 Active

Lewis and Clark County Cases

      6,212 Total  |  14 New  | 206 Active

Ravalli County Cases

      2,590 Total  |  11 New  | 62 Active

Lincoln County Cases

      1,470 Total  |  8 New  | 35 Active

Cascade County Cases

      7,549 Total  |  7 New  | 117 Active

Beaverhead County Cases

      859 Total  |  5 New  | 6 Active

Phillips County Cases

      490 Total  |  4 New  | 7 Active

Carbon County Cases

      825 Total  |  3 New  | 25 Active

Lake County Cases

      1,869 Total  |  3 New  | 42 Active

Madison County Cases

      672 Total  |  3 New  | 15 Active

Musselshell County Cases

      307 Total  |  3 New  | 11 Active

Richland County Cases

      1,035 Total  |  3 New  | 12 Active

Sanders County Cases

      573 Total  |  3 New  | 5 Active

Big Horn County Cases

      2,332 Total  |  2 New  | 62 Active

Chouteau County Cases

      480 Total  |  2 New  | 6 Active

Dawson County Cases

      1,054 Total  |  2 New  | 9 Active

Deer Lodge County Cases

      1,022 Total  |  2 New  | 9 Active

Fergus County Cases

      1,021 Total  |  2 New  | 12 Active

Park County Cases

      1,090 Total  |  2 New  | 37 Active

Roosevelt County Cases

      1,536 Total  |  2 New  | 22 Active

Valley County Cases

      804 Total  |  2 New  | 18 Active

Blaine County Cases

      692 Total  |  1 New  | 1 Active

Glacier County Cases

      1,509 Total  |  1 New  | 16 Active

Jefferson County Cases

      986 Total  |  1 New  | 19 Active

McCone County Cases

      174 Total  |  1 New  | 3 Active

Mineral County Cases

      215 Total  |  1 New  | 3 Active

Stillwater County Cases

      687 Total  |  1 New  | 14 Active

Toole County Cases

      703 Total  |  1 New  | 1 Active

Wheatland County Cases

      166 Total  |  1 New  | 6 Active

Broadwater County Cases

      397 Total  |  0 New  | 23 Active

Carter County Cases

      144 Total  |  0 New  | 5 Active

Custer County Cases

      1,130 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Daniels County Cases

      192 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Fallon County Cases

      276 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Garfield County Cases

      76 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Golden Valley County Cases

      51 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Granite County Cases

      190 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Hill County Cases

      1,876 Total  |  0 New  | 17 Active

Judith Basin County Cases

      85 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Liberty County Cases

      117 Total  |  0 New  | 11 Active

Meagher County Cases

      123 Total  |  0 New  | 4 Active

Petroleum County Cases

      12 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Pondera County Cases

      455 Total  |  0 New  | 5 Active

Powder River County Cases

      108 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Powell County Cases

      885 Total  |  0 New  | 7 Active

Prairie County Cases

      130 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Rosebud County Cases

      1,158 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Sheridan County Cases

      385 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Sweet Grass County Cases

      344 Total  |  0 New  | 5 Active

Teton County Cases

      420 Total  |  0 New  | 14 Active

Treasure County Cases

      53 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Wibaux County Cases

      115 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

 

LOOK: Answers to 30 common COVID-19 vaccine questions

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