GREAT FALLS — Health officials reported 96 new COVID-19 cases across Montana on Thursday morning, according to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map, and three new deaths.
The three deaths were reported in Yellowstone County; all three were residents of a care facility in Billings, where dozens of staff and residents have been infected.
Note: official numbers reported by the state occasionally differ from those reported by county public health departments due to periodic lag times in reporting data to the state. The numbers below are from the Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services:
- TOTAL CASES & RECOVERIES: There have now been 1,466 cumulative cases statewide, and 796 people have recovered from the virus.
- HOSPITALIZATIONS: There have been 120 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 since the pandemic began; there are currently 24 patients hospitalized.
- ACTIVE CASES: The state reports there are currently 645 active COVID-19 cases in Montana, up 56 from Wednesday.
- TESTING: The number of tests increased by 1,094 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 106,421. (NOTE: these are the same numbers that were reported on Wednesday; we do not know why the state website's numbers for testing have not yet been updated)
- DEATHS: Three deaths were reported in Yellowstone County since Wednesday. Big Horn County reported on Thursday, July 2nd, that a woman in her 60s passed away in a hospital due to COVID-19; the cumulative number of deaths in Montana is now 26. There have been six deaths in Toole County, four in Yellowstone County, four in Big Horn County, two in Cascade County, and two in Flathead County. The other deaths have been reported in Gallatin, Lincoln, Madison, and Missoula counties. Prior to Thursday, the most recent death was reported on June 26th.
CASCADE COUNTY: Four new cases were reported in Cascade County; there are currently 14 active cases, and a cumulative total of 41. Of those 41 cases, 25 patients have recovered, and two have died. Free drive-through testing is available in Great Falls from Alluvion Health in the parking lot of the former Westgate Mall. Click here for dates and times. As with previous reporting of COVID-19 cases, the lack of specific information about cases has some people upset, but the disclosure of patient information is regulated at both the federal and the state level. Click here to read more about privacy regulations.
NEW CASES REPORTED ON THURSDAY:
| COUNTY | Gender | Age Range |
| Beaverhead | M | 10-19 |
| Big Horn | F | 60-69 |
| Big Horn | F | 10-19 |
| Big Horn | F | 70-79 |
| Big Horn | M | 40-49 |
| Big Horn | F | 40-49 |
| Big Horn | F | 20-29 |
| Big Horn | F | 20-29 |
| Big Horn | M | 30-39 |
| Big Horn | F | 40-49 |
| Cascade | M | 30-39 |
| Cascade | F | 20-29 |
| Cascade | F | 20-29 |
| Cascade | F | 20-29 |
| Custer | M | 40-49 |
| Custer | F | 40-49 |
| Custer | F | 50-59 |
| Custer | M | 10-19 |
| Gallatin | M | 40-49 |
| Gallatin | F | 50-59 |
| Gallatin | F | 30-39 |
| Gallatin | M | 20-29 |
| Gallatin | M | 0-9 |
| Gallatin | F | 20-29 |
| Gallatin | M | 60-69 |
| Hill | M | 60-69 |
| Lake | F | 10-19 |
| Lake | F | 10-19 |
| Lake | F | 40-49 |
| Lake | F | 40-49 |
| Lake | F | 20-29 |
| Lake | F | 30-39 |
| Lake | M | 10-19 |
| Lake | F | 0-9 |
| Lake | F | 50-59 |
| Lake | F | 20-29 |
| Lake | M | 0-9 |
| Lake | F | 50-59 |
| Lake | M | 40-49 |
| Lake | F | 20-29 |
| Lewis and Clark | F | 50-59 |
| Lincoln | M | 30-39 |
| Lincoln | M | 40-49 |
| Madison | F | 40-49 |
| Missoula | M | 40-49 |
| Missoula | F | 20-29 |
| Ravalli | M | 30-39 |
| Ravalli | M | 30-39 |
| Roosevelt | F | 50-59 |
| Stillwater | F | 40-49 |
| Yellowstone | F | 70-79 |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 50-59 |
| Yellowstone | M | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | M | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | M | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 50-59 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 80-89 |
| Yellowstone | M | 50-59 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | F | 40-49 |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | F | 40-49 |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | M | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 50-59 |
| Yellowstone | F | 50-59 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 70-79 |
| Yellowstone | M | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | F | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | M | 20-29 |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | M | 50-59 |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | F | 30-39 |
| Yellowstone | F | 60-69 |
| Yellowstone | F | 80-89 |