Health officials in Roosevelt County are busy dealing with a spike of new COVID-19 cases.
According to the official Montana COVID website, Roosevelt County reported 56 new cases as of Thursday morning, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 269. Of those, 205 cases are considered active, 63 are listed as recovered, and one person has died.
Officials said they're looking into a number of factors that could be behind the increase.
Wolf Point schools closed briefly earlier this month for cleaning following a positive case of a student. Recently, both Malta and Fairfield public schools canceled games scheduled at Wolf Point after consulting with public health officials.
Roosevelt County, with a population of about 11,000 people, now has fourth-highest number of cases in the state, behind the much more populated counties of Yellowstone, Flathead, and Cascade.
Gender and age ranges of new cases in Roosevelt County
- Roosevelt F 0-9
- Roosevelt F 60-69
- Roosevelt F 70-79
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 0-9
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt M 0-9
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt F 0-9
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt M 40-49
- Roosevelt M 30-39
- Roosevelt M 0-9
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt M 30-39
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt F 40-49
- Roosevelt M 60-69
- Roosevelt F 70-79
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 80-89
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt F 40-49
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt M 30-39
- Roosevelt M 40-49
- Roosevelt M 80-89
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt F 20-29
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 50-59
- Roosevelt M 70-79
- Roosevelt M 20-29
- Roosevelt F 40-49
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt M 0-9
- Roosevelt F 40-49
- Roosevelt M 50-59
- Roosevelt M 10-19
- Roosevelt F 30-39
- Roosevelt M 10-19
- Roosevelt M 20-29
There were 333 new cases and no new deaths added to the total on the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking site on Thursday morning. The data below is from the official Montana website on September 24:
- TOTAL CASES & RECOVERIES: Montana now reports 11,242 cumulative cases statewide, with 8,634 people recovered.
- HOSPITALIZATIONS: There are 128 patients currently hospitalized, and a total of 650 hospitalizations since the pandemic began.
- ACTIVE CASES: The state reports there are currently 2,443 active cases in Montana.
- DEATHS: The cumulative number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Montana is 165.
- TESTING: The number of new tests is 4,358; the cumulative total of tests since March is now 321,518.
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. We encourage people to check the official website and/or Facebook page of their respective county health department for any updates that are not yet included in the state's daily updates.
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