To slow the rapid spread of COVID 19, as of Thursday at 8:00 a.m. the Missoula City County Health Department will restrict business capacity to 50 percent, limit group gatherings to 25, cease serving alcohol at 10:00 p.m. and there will be a voluntary stay at home order.
It was revealed on Thursday afternoon that there was a possible COVID 19 exposure to a member of the Missoula Municipal Court staff, so due to orders from the Missoula City County Health Department the court has closed its doors indefinitely.
At a press conference in Billings on Thursday, Governor Steve Bullock continued to plead with Montanans to take the COVID pandemic seriously, as case numbers continue to rise.
The Missoula City County Health Department is reporting its second COVID 19 death in two days, doubling the number of deaths from four to nine in just a week
Another inmate at the Missoula County Detention Center has tested positive for COVID 19, according to Missoula County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Jeannette Smith.