Montana confirmed 145 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, July 15.
The state said 72 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Gallatin County, for a total of 489 cases.
The State of Montana officially counts 2,096 cumulative cases. Montana currently reports 1,147 active cases.
There are 37 active hospitalizations, with 915 people reported as recovered.
The state conducted 2,362 new tests for a total of 123,758 tests.
NOTE: MTN News includes the data reported by individual Montana counties, which may include cases not counted by the state and different methods for determining recoveries.
Total Confirmed Cases and New Daily Cases by County
Gallatin County
489 Total Cases | 72 New Cases
Yellowstone County
584 Total Cases | 27 New Cases
Flathead County
92 Total Cases | 8 New Cases
Garfield County
9 Total Cases | 8 New Cases
Big Horn County
128 Total Cases | 7 New Cases
Cascade County
56 Total Cases | 6 New Cases
Missoula County
130 Total Cases | 5 New Cases
Lewis and Clark County
59 Total Cases | 2 New Cases
Ravalli County
47 Total Cases | 2 New Cases
Richland County
32 Total Cases | 2 New Cases
Beaverhead County
6 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Carbon County
35 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Lake County
81 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Madison County
34 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Rosebud County
15 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Sweet Grass County
1 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Broadwater County
9 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Custer County
38 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Dawson County
8 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Deer Lodge County
6 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Fallon County
1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Fergus County
2 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Glacier County
28 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Golden Valley County
3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Granite County
6 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Hill County
14 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Jefferson County
12 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Liberty County
1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Lincoln County
40 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Meagher County
4 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Musselshell County
1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Park County
20 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Pondera County
2 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Roosevelt County
9 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Sanders County
3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Sheridan County
2 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Silver Bow County
25 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Stillwater County
9 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Teton County
15 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Toole County
31 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Treasure County
2 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Valley County
4 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Wheatland County
2 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
Wibaux County
1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases
The state reported 34 deaths total in the state.
Two of the deaths occurred in Yellowstone County, according to a press release from RiverStone Health.
The two deaths are connected to the outbreak at the Canyon Creek Memory Care in Billings.
On Sunday, July 12, a woman in her 90s passed away in a Yellowstone County hospital. Also on Sunday, a woman in her 90s passed away at Canyon Creek. To protect the privacy of the women and their families, RiverStone Health will not release further information about the deaths, the press release states.
A total of seven COVID-19 related deaths have been associated with Canyon Creek Memory Care.
Ravalli County confirmed its first death due to COVID-19 on Friday, a woman in her 90s.
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