As of Friday morning, Montana has confirmed 98,377 positive COVID-19 cases. Montana's COVID-19 case tracking map shows 244 new confirmed cases. There are currently 2,425 active cases in the state.

1,664 cases were reported last week and 1,886 cases were reported the week before. 972 cases have been reported in the past five days.

According to the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, 205,213 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered and 62,738 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 8,085 confirmed cases and 149 cases are currently active. You can find the current numbers from the Missoula City-County Health Department right here.

According to state statistics, 94,613 Montana residents have recovered from COVID-19 and 96 people are currently hospitalized.

The number of tests increased by 4,904 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 1,040,344.

The state COVID-19 related death toll increased from 1,337 on Thursday to 1,339 on Friday, according to state health officials.

Here are the updated case totals in Montana:

Gallatin County Cases

      12,012 Total  |  44 New  | 260 Active

Flathead County Cases

      10,745 Total  |  31 New  | 454 Active

Yellowstone County Cases

      16,056 Total  |  29 New  | 639 Active

Ravalli County Cases

      2,617 Total  |  19 New  | 79 Active

Cascade County Cases

      7,568 Total  |  18 New  | 63 Active

Missoula County Cases

      8,054 Total  |  15 New  | 165 Active

Silver Bow County Cases

      3,663 Total  |  14 New  | 83 Active

Park County Cases

      1,108 Total  |  11 New  | 54 Active

Fergus County Cases

      1,029 Total  |  8 New  | 12 Active

Lewis and Clark County Cases

      6,238 Total  |  7 New  | 181 Active

Glacier County Cases

      1,516 Total  |  6 New  | 16 Active

Lake County Cases

      1,875 Total  |  5 New  | 45 Active

Roosevelt County Cases

      1,546 Total  |  4 New  | 25 Active

Hill County Cases

      1,888 Total  |  3 New  | 25 Active

Lincoln County Cases

      1,476 Total  |  3 New  | 34 Active

Jefferson County Cases

      991 Total  |  2 New  | 13 Active

Phillips County Cases

      494 Total  |  2 New  | 11 Active

Powell County Cases

      890 Total  |  2 New  | 11 Active

Richland County Cases

      1,043 Total  |  2 New  | 15 Active

Sanders County Cases

      577 Total  |  2 New  | 8 Active

Sweet Grass County Cases

      351 Total  |  2 New  | 8 Active

Teton County Cases

      422 Total  |  2 New  | 10 Active

Valley County Cases

      806 Total  |  2 New  | 17 Active

Wheatland County Cases

      168 Total  |  2 New  | 8 Active

Wibaux County Cases

      117 Total  |  2 New  | 3 Active

Beaverhead County Cases

      860 Total  |  1 New  | 7 Active

Broadwater County Cases

      398 Total  |  1 New  | 10 Active

Carbon County Cases

      828 Total  |  1 New  | 21 Active

Chouteau County Cases

      481 Total  |  1 New  | 5 Active

Daniels County Cases

      193 Total  |  1 New  | 1 Active

Fallon County Cases

      277 Total  |  1 New  | 3 Active

McCone County Cases

      176 Total  |  1 New  | 4 Active

Big Horn County Cases

      2,332 Total  |  0 New  | 59 Active

Blaine County Cases

      692 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Carter County Cases

      144 Total  |  0 New  | 5 Active

Custer County Cases

      1,130 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Dawson County Cases

      1,056 Total  |  0 New  | 7 Active

Deer Lodge County Cases

      1,022 Total  |  0 New  | 6 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  | 1 Active

Judith Basin County Cases

      85 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Liberty County Cases

      118 Total  |  0 New  | 10 Active

Madison County Cases

      674 Total  |  0 New  | 15 Active

Meagher County Cases

      123 Total  |  0 New  | 3 Active

Mineral County Cases

      216 Total  |  0 New  | 3 Active

Musselshell County Cases

      307 Total  |  0 New  | 7 Active

Petroleum County Cases

      12 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Pondera County Cases

      455 Total  |  0 New  | 1 Active

Powder River County Cases

      108 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Prairie County Cases

      130 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Rosebud County Cases

      1,161 Total  |  0 New  | 5 Active

Sheridan County Cases

      385 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

Stillwater County Cases

      689 Total  |  0 New  | 6 Active

Toole County Cases

      705 Total  |  0 New  | 2 Active

Treasure County Cases

      53 Total  |  0 New  | 0 Active

 

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