Montana state health officials reported two additional deaths and 217 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, according to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map.
The number of new cases sets a new single day record, eclipsing the previous single day record of 208 on July 24.
The state death toll now stands at 143. The two new deaths were reported in Yellowstone County. Here is the full press release from RiverStone Health:
RiverStone Health, Yellowstone County’s public health department, reports two additional Yellowstone County residents have died due to COVID-19 related illness.
On Tuesday, September 15, a man in his 80s passed away in a Yellowstone County hospital of COVID-19 related illness.
On Wednesday, September 16, a woman in her 30s passed away due to COVID-19 related illness at a Yellowstone County hospital.
To protect the privacy of the deceased and their families, RiverStone Health will not release further information.
Both deaths are reflected on the Thursday, September 17 state COVID-19 tracking map.
“I know that this is a sorrowful time for the families and friends of the deceased and I offer my sincere condolences,” said John Felton, Yellowstone County Health Officer, President and CEO of RiverStone Health.
“This month, 10 Yellowstone County residents have lost their lives due to COVID-19 related illnesses. The Yellowstone County resident death toll from COVID-19 stands at 56, or 39% of all Montana COVID-19 deaths, yet we account for only 15% of the state’s population. I call on all Montanans to protect each other from this disease by correctly wearing masks, watching your distance, avoiding crowds, washing your hands and staying home when you are sick,” said Felton.
To date, 2,677 Yellowstone County residents have been infected with COVID-19 and 56 have died.
The highest number of new cases Thursday was reported in Yellowstone County with 61. The county now has a cumulative total of 2,677 cases with 1,811 recoveries and 810 active cases.
Rosebud County reported the second highest number of new cases with 34, and Big Horn and Roosevelt counties each reported 14.
The remaining new cases were spread across 22 Montana counties.
New Cases By County
Yellowstone County Cases
2,677 Total | 61 New | 810 Active
Rosebud County Cases
538 Total | 34 New | 215 Active
Big Horn County Cases
814 Total | 14 New | 134 Active
Roosevelt County Cases
101 Total | 14 New | 62 Active
Gallatin County Cases
1,179 Total | 13 New | 47 Active
Meagher County Cases
23 Total | 13 New | 15 Active
Silver Bow County Cases
194 Total | 11 New | 62 Active
Missoula County Cases
514 Total | 9 New | 78 Active
Lake County Cases
252 Total | 7 New | 39 Active
Custer County Cases
91 Total | 6 New | 17 Active
Flathead County Cases
740 Total | 6 New | 140 Active
Hill County Cases
124 Total | 5 New | 22 Active
Dawson County Cases
67 Total | 3 New | 15 Active
Musselshell County Cases
31 Total | 3 New | 7 Active
Carbon County Cases
106 Total | 2 New | 10 Active
Cascade County Cases
483 Total | 2 New | 225 Active
Glacier County Cases
171 Total | 2 New | 30 Active
Park County Cases
86 Total | 2 New | 12 Active
Pondera County Cases
20 Total | 2 New | 4 Active
Toole County Cases
66 Total | 2 New | 9 Active
Beaverhead County Cases
76 Total | 1 New | 4 Active
Deer Lodge County Cases
88 Total | 1 New | 50 Active
Lewis and Clark County Cases
216 Total | 1 New | 17 Active
Ravalli County Cases
120 Total | 1 New | 7 Active
Sanders County Cases
43 Total | 1 New | 2 Active
Wheatland County Cases
8 Total | 1 New | 1 Active
Note: Numbers reported by the state each day may differ from those reported by county public health departments due to periodic lag times in reporting data to the state. MTN News counts the updated data individual counties report throughout a given day.
Active Cases by County
The cumulative total of cases in Montana now stands at 9,647 with 7,401 recoveries. There are 2,103 active cases in the state and 107 people are hospitalized for treatment.
Total testing has reached 295,299, an increase of 2,989 during the previous 24-hour reporting period.
Gender and Age of New Cases
| Beaverhead | F | 30-39 | |
| Big Horn | F | 70-79 | |
| Big Horn | M | 10-19 | |
| Big Horn | F | 40-49 | |
| Big Horn | M | 30-39 | |
| Big Horn | F | 0-9 | |
| Big Horn | F | 0-9 | |
| Big Horn | M | 10-19 | |
| Big Horn | M | 50-59 | |
| Big Horn | F | 50-59 | |
| Big Horn | F | 60-69 | |
| Big Horn | F | 60-69 | |
| Big Horn | M | 40-49 | |
| Big Horn | F | 40-49 | |
| Big Horn | M | 10-19 | |
| Carbon | F | 70-79 | |
| Carbon | F | 30-39 | |
| Cascade | F | 10-19 | |
| Cascade | M | 60-69 | |
| Custer | F | 50-59 | |
| Custer | M | 60-69 | |
| Custer | F | 50-59 | |
| Custer | M | 60-69 | |
| Custer | M | 60-69 | |
| Custer | M | 40-49 | |
| Dawson | M | 40-49 | |
| Dawson | F | 60-69 | |
| Dawson | F | 60-69 | |
| Deer Lodge | F | 20-29 | |
| Flathead | M | 50-59 | |
| Flathead | F | 0-9 | |
| Flathead | F | 40-49 | |
| Flathead | F | 30-39 | |
| Flathead | F | 50-59 | |
| Flathead | F | 60-69 | |
| Gallatin | F | 60-69 | |
| Gallatin | F | 20-29 | |
| Gallatin | F | 60-69 | |
| Gallatin | F | 20-29 | |
| Gallatin | M | 80-89 | |
| Gallatin | F | 30-39 | |
| Gallatin | M | 60-69 | |
| Gallatin | M | 50-59 | |
| Gallatin | F | 20-29 | |
| Gallatin | M | 30-39 | |
| Gallatin | M | 40-49 | |
| Gallatin | F | 40-49 | |
| Gallatin | F | 40-49 | |
| Glacier | F | 0-9 | |
| Glacier | F | 50-59 | |
| Hill | F | 40-49 | |
| Hill | F | 50-59 | |
| Hill | M | 50-59 | |
| Hill | F | 60-69 | |
| Hill | M | 30-39 | |
| Lake | F | 30-39 | |
| Lake | M | 20-29 | |
| Lake | F | 10-19 | |
| Lake | F | 10-19 | |
| Lake | F | 10-19 | |
| Lake | F | 40-49 | |
| Lake | M | 0-9 | |
| Lewis and Clark | M | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | F | 60-69 | |
| Meagher | F | 20-29 | |
| Meagher | F | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | M | 60-69 | |
| Meagher | F | 30-39 | |
| Meagher | M | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | M | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | M | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | M | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | M | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | F | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | M | 10-19 | |
| Meagher | M | 50-59 | |
| Missoula | M | 0-9 | |
| Missoula | F | 60-69 | |
| Missoula | M | 20-29 | |
| Missoula | F | 10-19 | |
| Missoula | F | 10-19 | |
| Missoula | F | 90-99 | |
| Missoula | M | 60-69 | |
| Missoula | M | 20-29 | |
| Missoula | M | 40-49 | |
| Musselshell | F | 70-79 | |
| Musselshell | F | 0-9 | |
| Musselshell | M | 30-39 | |
| Park | M | 30-39 | |
| Park | M | 30-39 | |
| Pondera | M | 30-39 | |
| Pondera | F | 20-29 | |
| Ravalli | F | 20-29 | |
| Roosevelt | F | 60-69 | |
| Roosevelt | F | 20-29 | |
| Roosevelt | F | 20-29 | |
| Roosevelt | M | 20-29 | |
| Roosevelt | F | 50-59 | |
| Roosevelt | F | 30-39 | |
| Roosevelt | F | 60-69 | |
| Roosevelt | M | 70-79 | |
| Roosevelt | F | 30-39 | |
| Roosevelt | M | 70-79 | |
| Roosevelt | M | 0-9 | |
| Roosevelt | M | 40-49 | |
| Roosevelt | M | 20-29 | |
| Roosevelt | M | 30-39 | |
| Rosebud | F | 60-69 | |
| Rosebud | F | 40-49 | |
| Rosebud | M | 60-69 | |
| Rosebud | F | 30-39 | |
| Rosebud | M | 20-29 | |
| Rosebud | F | 0-9 | |
| Rosebud | F | 50-59 | |
| Rosebud | M | 20-29 | |
| Rosebud | M | 20-29 | |
| Rosebud | F | 50-59 | |
| Rosebud | F | 60-69 | |
| Rosebud | M | 0-9 | |
| Rosebud | F | 10-19 | |
| Rosebud | F | 20-29 | |
| Rosebud | M | 30-39 | |
| Rosebud | F | 70-79 | |
| Rosebud | M | 30-39 | |
| Rosebud | M | 10-19 | |
| Rosebud | F | 10-19 | |
| Rosebud | F | 0-9 | |
| Rosebud | M | 30-39 | |
| Rosebud | F | 20-29 | |
| Rosebud | F | 10-19 | |
| Rosebud | F | 0-9 | |
| Rosebud | M | 10-19 | |
| Rosebud | F | 30-39 | |
| Rosebud | M | 10-19 | |
| Rosebud | M | 30-39 | |
| Rosebud | M | 10-19 | |
| Rosebud | M | 20-29 | |
| Rosebud | F | 60-69 | |
| Rosebud | F | 20-29 | |
| Rosebud | M | 40-49 | |
| Rosebud | M | 20-29 | |
| Sanders | F | 70-79 | |
| Silver Bow | M | 30-39 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 60-69 | |
| Silver Bow | M | 30-39 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 10-19 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 10-19 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 60-69 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 10-19 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 20-29 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 50-59 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 50-59 | |
| Silver Bow | F | 10-19 | |
| Toole | M | 10-19 | |
| Toole | M | 40-49 | |
| Wheatland | M | 80-89 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 80-89 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 0-9 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 0-9 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 50-59 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 50-59 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 0-9 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 80-89 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 10-19 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 50-59 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 0-9 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 80-89 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 80-89 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 50-59 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 50-59 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 70-79 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 10-19 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 40-49 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 10-19 | |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 | |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 |
Cases by Day