Montana adds 175 new COVID-19 cases (Wednesday, Aug. 12)

Montana added 175 new COVID-19 cases to its total on the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map on Wednesday.

Yellowstone County added 75 new cases and Rosebud County added 24 new cases.

A complete list of new cases reported by county is below.

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.

• TOTAL CASES & RECOVERIES: Montana now reports 5,268 cumulative cases statewide, with 3,598 people recovered.

• HOSPITALIZATIONS: There are currently 97 patients hospitalized. There have been 301 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 since the pandemic began.

• ACTIVE CASES: The state reports there are currently 1,590 active COVID-19 cases in Montana.

• TESTING: The number of tests increased by 1,624 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 196,036.

• DEATHS: The cumulative number of deaths in Montana is now at 80.

A 13th Big Horn County resident has died of COVID-19, county officials announced Monday night.

The death was a man above the age of 70 who had been in the hospital, according to a news release from county spokesperson Rhonda Johnson.

Yellowstone County reported two further COVID-19 deaths on Saturday morning, and one additional death was reported in Big Horn County.

Cascade County confirmed its fourth death due to COVID-19on Friday; the first COVID-19 death in Stillwater County was also reported on Friday.

Governor Steve Bullock announced a statewide directive requiring face coverings/masks in Montana on July 15. The directive applies to 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.

Counties Reporting New Cases

Yellowstone County Cases

1,387 Total | 75 New | 652 Active

Rosebud County Cases

53 Total | 24 New | 30 Active

Big Horn County Cases

464 Total | 16 New | 311 Active

Phillips County Cases

68 Total | 15 New | 68 Active

Gallatin County Cases

959 Total | 12 New | 38 Active

Missoula County Cases

336 Total | 9 New | 101 Active

Flathead County Cases

357 Total | 5 New | 53 Active

Hill County Cases

46 Total | 3 New | 4 Active

Blaine County Cases

13 Total | 2 New | 2 Active

Broadwater County Cases

14 Total | 2 New | 3 Active

Lake County Cases

184 Total | 2 New | 27 Active

Park County Cases

57 Total | 2 New | 3 Active

Stillwater County Cases

28 Total | 2 New | 7 Active

Beaverhead County Cases

65 Total | 1 New | 13 Active

Deer Lodge County Cases

26 Total | 1 New | 3 Active

Lewis and Clark County Cases

163 Total | 1 New | 52 Active

Roosevelt County Cases

24 Total | 1 New | 4 Active

Sanders County Cases

10 Total | 1 New | 1 Active

Silver Bow County Cases

102 Total | 1 New | 27 Active

Carbon County Cases

74 Total | 0 New | 14 Active

Cascade County Cases

167 Total | 0 New | 55 Active

Chouteau County Cases

10 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Custer County Cases

61 Total | 0 New | 9 Active

Daniels County Cases

3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Dawson County Cases

20 Total | 0 New | 7 Active

Fallon County Cases

2 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Fergus County Cases

14 Total | 0 New | 7 Active

Garfield County Cases

12 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Glacier County Cases

77 Total | 0 New | 14 Active

Golden Valley County Cases

3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Granite County Cases

17 Total | 0 New | 11 Active

Jefferson County Cases

29 Total | 0 New | 14 Active

Judith Basin County Cases

3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Liberty County Cases

1 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Lincoln County Cases

77 Total | 0 New | 12 Active

Madison County Cases

83 Total | 0 New | 5 Active

McCone County Cases

5 Total | 0 New | 3 Active

Meagher County Cases

4 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Mineral County Cases

2 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Musselshell County Cases

3 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Pondera County Cases

11 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Powder River County Cases

1 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Powell County Cases

2 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Prairie County Cases

1 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Ravalli County Cases

83 Total | 0 New | 11 Active

Richland County Cases

47 Total | 0 New | 2 Active

Sheridan County Cases

5 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Sweet Grass County Cases

5 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Teton County Cases

15 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Toole County Cases

44 Total | 0 New | 10 Active

Treasure County Cases

2 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

Valley County Cases

23 Total | 0 New | 8 Active

Wheatland County Cases

3 Total | 0 New | 1 Active

Wibaux County Cases

3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active

New COVID-19 Cases by County, Gender, Age