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Yellowstone County adds 47 more COVID-19 deaths to total

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Posted at 4:14 PM, Feb 03, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-03 22:35:34-05

Yellowstone County health officials announced Wednesday they've added 47 more COVID-19 deaths to the county's total, dating back from September 2020.

The reconciled numbers pushed Yellowstone County's COVID-19-related death toll to 226.

Officials at RiverStone Health, the county's public health department, said most of the 47 deaths occurred outside of hospitals in private residences, nursing homes or assisted-living facilities.

Deaths aren't counted as COVID-19-related unless that is a cause cited by the health-care provider who signed the death certificate, according to RiverStone.

“The reconciliation of data is a normal part of ensuring accuracy in public health information,” said John Felton, RiverStone Health president and CEO and Yellowstone County health officer, in a statement. “The verification of pandemic information is a much bigger job than usual public health reconciliation work because of the large number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.”

The deaths are now reflected in the state's COVID-19 database.

Last week, Yellowstone County also added 209 more cases to its database dating back to Ocober 2020 that hadn't previously been counted.

Here's more information about the deaths from RiverStone Health:

On September 3, a woman age 100 or older died at an assisted living facility.
On September 15, a woman in her 90s died at a nursing home.
On September 18, a man in his 70s died at a hospital.
On September 25, a woman in her 80s died at a nursing home.
On September 26, a man in his 80s died at a nursing home.
On September 30, a woman in her 90s died at a nursing home.
On October 10, a woman in her 80s died at a nursing home.
On October 14, a woman in her 90s died at an assisted living facility.
On October 17, a woman in her 70s died at a hospital.
On October 23, a woman in her 80s died at an assisted living facility.
On October 30, a woman in her 80s died at home.
On October 31, a man in his 90s died at home.
On November 5, a woman in her 90s died at an assisted living facility.
On November 8, a man in his 70s died at a hospital.
On November 8, a man in his 70s died at home.
On November 10, a woman in her 90s died at an assisted living facility.
On November 12, a man in his 70s died at a hospital.
On November 13, a man in his 80s died at home.
On November 14, a man in his 90s died at a nursing home.
On November 17, a man in his 80s died at a nursing home.
On November 17, a woman in her 50s died at home.
On November 18, a woman in her 90s died at a nursing home.
On November 20, a woman in her 50s died at home.
On November 20, a woman in her 60s died at a hospital.
On November 21, a woman in her 40s died at a nursing home.
On November 22, a man in his 50s died at a nursing home.
On November 26, two women in their 90s died in their homes.
On November 26, a woman in her 90s died at a nursing home.
On November 26, a woman in her 70s died at a nursing home.
On November 27, a woman in her 90s died at a nursing home.
On December 4, a woman age 100 or older died at a nursing home.
On December 5, a woman in her 90s died at a nursing home.
On December 9, a woman in her 60s died at an independent living facility.
On December 12, a woman in her 90s died at an assisted living facility.
On December 12, a man in his 80s died at an assisted living facility.
On December 12, a man in his 70s died at a hospital.
On December 14, a woman in her 70s died at an assisted living facility.
On December 17, a woman in her 60s died at a nursing home.
On December 21, a woman in her 80s died at an assisted living facility.
On December 22, a man in his 80s died at an assisted living facility.
On January 3, a woman in her 80s died at an assisted living facility.
On January 9, a woman in her 60s died at a nursing home.
On January 10, a woman in her 60s died at a hospital.
On January 10, a woman in her 80s died at a nursing home.
On January 11, a woman in her 60s died at home.
On January 13, a woman in her 90s died at a nursing home.

For more information on COVID-19, please visit covid.riverstonehealth.org.