Montana adds 129 COVID-19 cases (Friday, July 24)

UPDATE: 7/24/2020, 1 pm - The Gallatin City-County Health Department released the following: As of Friday, July 24, 2020, at 11:45 a.m. Gallatin County has 45 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, for a cumulative total of 758. There are 103 confirmed active cases and four current hospitalizations. There have been a total of 654 people recovered in Gallatin County. One person has died from COVID-19 complications.

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Health officials added 129 new COVID-19 cases to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map, with 1,178 cases reported as active.

Note: Numbers reported by the state each day occasionally 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.

• TOTAL CASES & RECOVERIES: There have now been 3,039 cumulative cases statewide, and 1,815 people have recovered from the virus.

• HOSPITALIZATIONS: There are currently 56 patients hospitalized. There have been 191 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

• ACTIVE CASES: The state reports there are currently 1,178 active COVID-19 cases in Montana.

• TESTING: The number of tests increased by 2,982 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 149,200.

• DEATHS: The cumulative number of deaths in Montana is now 46.

One new death was reported in Lake County and one death was reported in Yellowstone County. The Yellowstone County death was connected to the Billings care facility where a COVID-19 outbreak has now claimed the lives of 15 people. It was not immediately clear where the third death was reported.

Local health officials announced the first COVID-19 related death in the Mission Valley on Thursday morning.

Lake County Public Health reports that a man in his 70s died in a Flathead County hospital.

"It is with deep sadness that we announce the first death of a Lake County resident from complications due to COVID-19," a social media post states.

On Wednesday, one of the deaths was reported in Yellowstone County. Here's the full press release from RiverStone Health:
Another COVID-19 related death occurred Tuesday in Yellowstone County.
RiverStone Health, Yellowstone County’s public health department, reports that a man in his 60s passed away Tuesday at his home.
To protect the privacy of the deceased and his family, RiverStone Health will release no further information.
This most recent death in Yellowstone County is reflected on today’s state COVID-19 tracking map. This man’s death brings the county’s total deaths related to COVID-19 to 19.
“The loss of another Yellowstone County person to this terrible disease affects all of us in our community,” said John Felton, Yellowstone County health officer and RiverStone Health president and CEO. “Our hearts go out to this man’s family and friends. I urge everyone to honor the memory of those we have lost by doing everything possible to prevent more people from becoming ill: Wear masks in public, wash your hands often, keep at least six feet away from people not in your household, and stay home if you are ill.”
To date, 756 Yellowstone County residents have been infected with COVID-19 and 482 cases were active as of Wednesday.
The second death on Wednesday was reported in Sweet Grass County. The patient was a male in his 80s who had been hospitalized, according to the Sweet Grass County Health Department. It was the first COVID-19 related death in that area.

Governor Steve Bullock announced on Wednesday a statewide directive requiring face coverings/masks in Montana. The directive is effective immediately in counties that have four or more active cases of COVID-19.

The directive requires that masks be used in most indoor settings and where social distancing cannot be maintained. Bullock said businesses will have the right to deny entry of anyone not wearing a mask.

Click here to read the full text of the face-covering/mask directive.

COVID-19 cases by County, Gender, Age

Yellowstone County

820 Total Cases | 40 New Cases

Cascade County

101 Total Cases | 20 New Cases

Gallatin County

713 Total Cases | 18 New Cases

Flathead County

172 Total Cases | 13 New Cases

Glacier County

45 Total Cases | 10 New Cases

Big Horn County

184 Total Cases | 8 New Cases

Lewis and Clark County

97 Total Cases | 4 New Cases

Richland County

40 Total Cases | 3 New Cases

Beaverhead County

19 Total Cases | 2 New Cases

Lincoln County

52 Total Cases | 2 New Cases

Madison County

53 Total Cases | 2 New Cases

Silver Bow County

34 Total Cases | 2 New Cases

Hill County

35 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Lake County

117 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Roosevelt County

10 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Rosebud County

18 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Stillwater County

16 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Blaine County

7 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Broadwater County

9 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Carbon County

42 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Chouteau County

3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Custer County

43 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Dawson County

8 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Deer Lodge County

10 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Fallon County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Fergus County

4 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Garfield County

12 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Golden Valley County

3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Granite County

6 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Jefferson County

18 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Judith Basin County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Liberty County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

McCone County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Meagher County

4 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Missoula County

173 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Musselshell County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Park County

34 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Pondera County

8 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Powder River County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Ravalli County

51 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Sanders County

7 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Sheridan County

3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Sweet Grass County

4 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

7 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Wheatland County

2 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Wibaux County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

County Gender Age Range Date Reported