Information from DPHHS at this point does not include data on whether new cases occurred among vaccinated or unvaccinated people. If you want to get vaccinated, contact your county health department, or click here. The total number of doses administered is 1,063,208. There have been 8,066 COVID tests administered since the last DPHHS report.Īn estimated 54% of eligible residents are now vaccinated, with 500,116 Montanans now considered fully vaccinated. The cumulative number of recoveries is now 156,277. There have been 169,478 cumulative cases of COVID in Montana. The cumulative number of hospitalizations in Montana due to the virus is 8,509.
The number of people currently hospitalized due to COVID is 434, down from 446 on Wednesday. The total number of Montanans who have died due to COVID is now 2,239, according to DPHHS. 19, 19,400 people in Montana were receiving unemployment benefits, or 4.2% of all eligible employees in the state.There were 979 new COVID cases reported in Montana on Thursday, October 21, with 10,973 total active cases in the state, according to the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services (DPHHS).ĭPHHS reported 14 new deaths on Thursday. That represents a third of the total workforce of Montana that is eligible for the unemployment insurance program.Īs of Sept. Since March 14, the state has processed more than 154,000 unemployment claims.
The number is still more than three times greater than number submitted the same week last year. 26 fell to 3,084, a decrease of 4.3% from the number of applications submitted the previous week. The number of applications submitted in Montana during the week ending on Sept.
Employment and Training Administration released Thursday. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.Īs the virus spreads in the state, applications for unemployment assistance were on the decline last week, according to new figures from the U.S. There are currently 178 people hospitalized with the respiratory virus.įor most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. The state has reported a total of 181 coronavirus-related deaths. Montana’s total case numbers are thought to be much higher because not everyone has been tested, and studies show people can have COVID-19 without having symptoms. “Thank you to the FCCHD staff for your tireless efforts to protect our most vulnerable community members.”
“This staff is working diligently to protect this community, and those efforts do not go unappreciated,” stated Bill Burg, chair of the Flathead County Board of Health. The health department added that contract tracing by staff has expanded proportionally, and the call line from concerned citizens is also experiencing record high call volume. “New cases of COVID-19 in the Flathead are surging at an alarming rate comparted to the early months of the pandemic.” Instead, the rate of infection has increased markedly over the past several weeks,” The Flathead City-County Health Department noted in a press release. Hospitalizations in the county hit its highest reported mark Thursday at 19. Of the county’s 1,242 total cases, 585 were considered active. Just over 6,000 of the state’s 13,500 known cases of COVID-19, or 44% were reported in September.įlathead County added another 66 new cases to the state count on Thursday. The state reported 429 coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily total by a margin of 81 cases. Nearly half of Montana’s confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in September as the state continues to see record numbers of cases.
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