Montana reported 23 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, June 27, with active hospitalizations dropping from 14 to 9.
The state reports 226 active cases and 604 people listed as recovered.
Although the state is reporting 852 total cases, MTN does not include one case counted in Jefferson County that was traced to a resident of the county who was out of state and did not contract the virus in Montana.
The counties with new confirmed cases are:
Gallatin County
239 Total Cases | 8 New Cases
Yellowstone County
149 Total Cases | 5 New Cases
Missoula County
66 Total Cases | 3 New Cases
Carbon County
18 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Cascade County
27 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Flathead County
53 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Glacier County
8 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Granite County
2 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Lewis and Clark County
25 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
Park County
9 Total Cases | 1 New Cases
The number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 is now at 22. On Friday, health officials in Rosebud County confirmed on Facebook the death of a person with a residence in the county who no longer lived there.
The post from Rosebud County did not say where, or if, the person was in Montana at time of death, but it is counted as a COVID-19 death in the state due to residency status.
There have been six other deaths due to COVID-19 in Toole County, three in Yellowstone County, two in Cascade County, and two in Flathead County. The other deaths have been reported in Big Horn, Gallatin, Lincoln, Madison, and Missoula counties.
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