GREAT FALLS — Montana added 173 new cases to the total on the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map on Thursday morning. 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. The data below is from the official Montana website on August 6th:
- TOTAL CASES & RECOVERIES: Montana now reports 4,602 cumulative cases statewide, with 2,964 people recovered.
- HOSPITALIZATIONS: There are currently 87 patients hospitalized. There have been 259 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
- ACTIVE CASES: The state reports there are currently 1,573 active COVID-19 cases in Montana.
- TESTING: The number of tests increased by 2,691 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 185,815.
- DEATHS: The cumulative number of deaths in Montana is now 65.
AS OF AUGUST 6
| % POSITIVE (of all people tested) | 2.5% |
| % RECOVERED (of all confirmed cases) | 61.3% |
| % NOW ACTIVE (of all confirmed cases) | 34.2% |
| % HOSPITALIZED (of all confirmed cases) | 5.6% |
| % DEAD (of all confirmed cases) | 1.4% |
The Cascade City-County Health Department in Great Falls said on Tuesday afternoon that it has identified an outbreak of six COVID-19 cases in connection with a long-term care facility in Cascade County. Due to federal privacy regulations (HIPAA), the CCHD will not release the name of the facility or any other details at this time. Similar situations occurred at such facilities in both Shelby and in Billings; in both of those cases, the facilities issued public statements about their situations.
COUNTIES WITH NEW CASES ON THURSDAY
Yellowstone County Cases
1,191 Total | 47 New | 611 Active
Missoula County Cases
298 Total | 31 New | 74 Active
Flathead County Cases
301 Total | 26 New | 161 Active
Gallatin County Cases
908 Total | 21 New | 56 Active
Big Horn County Cases
394 Total | 19 New | 244 Active
Lake County Cases
176 Total | 5 New | 28 Active
Lewis and Clark County Cases
151 Total | 4 New | 70 Active
Toole County Cases
40 Total | 4 New | 9 Active
Glacier County Cases
63 Total | 3 New | 11 Active
Cascade County Cases
161 Total | 2 New | 51 Active
Stillwater County Cases
22 Total | 2 New | 3 Active
Beaverhead County Cases
58 Total | 1 New | 18 Active
Fergus County Cases
9 Total | 1 New | 3 Active
Madison County Cases
79 Total | 1 New | 10 Active
McCone County Cases
3 Total | 1 New | 2 Active
Musselshell County Cases
3 Total | 1 New | 1 Active
Park County Cases
55 Total | 1 New | 8 Active
Roosevelt County Cases
21 Total | 1 New | 5 Active
Rosebud County Cases
32 Total | 1 New | 12 Active
Valley County Cases
14 Total | 1 New | 6 Active
COUNTIES WITH NO NEW CASES ON THURSDAY
Blaine County Cases
10 Total | 0 New | 2 Active
Broadwater County Cases
11 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Carbon County Cases
60 Total | 0 New | 8 Active
Chouteau County Cases
7 Total | 0 New | 4 Active
Custer County Cases
58 Total | 0 New | 13 Active
Daniels County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Dawson County Cases
16 Total | 0 New | 5 Active
Deer Lodge County Cases
23 Total | 0 New | 8 Active
Fallon County Cases
2 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Garfield County Cases
12 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Golden Valley County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Granite County Cases
13 Total | 0 New | 7 Active
Hill County Cases
41 Total | 0 New | 22 Active
Jefferson County Cases
27 Total | 0 New | 12 Active
Judith Basin County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Liberty County Cases
1 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Lincoln County Cases
73 Total | 0 New | 14 Active
Meagher County Cases
4 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Phillips County Cases
5 Total | 0 New | 5 Active
Pondera County Cases
10 Total | 0 New | 4 Active
Powder River County Cases
1 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Powell County Cases
2 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Prairie County Cases
1 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Ravalli County Cases
74 Total | 0 New | 19 Active
Richland County Cases
47 Total | 0 New | 5 Active
Sanders County Cases
9 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Sheridan County Cases
4 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Silver Bow County Cases
75 Total | 0 New | 57 Active
Sweet Grass County Cases
5 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Teton County Cases
15 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Treasure County Cases
2 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Wheatland County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Wibaux County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 2 Active