GREAT FALLS — Montana reported 25 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, June 18, the largest one-day increase since March, according to the official state website. The state conducted 1,355 new tests for a cumulative total of 66,870 tests.
Big Horn, Flathead, and Gallatin counties each reported four new cases. Yellowstone County reported three new cases; Carbon, Missoula, Richland, and Fergus counties each had two new cases, while Lake and Valley counties each added one new case.
There are now 90 active cases in Montana, and a total of 545 people have recovered from the virus. The number of current hospitalizations increased from five to eight.
The number of deaths remains at 20. There have been six deaths 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.
There are now three active cases in Cascade County; the City-County Health Department in Great Falls says that two of the cases confirmed over the weekend were likely community-acquired, and not due to travel; they have not announced whether the new case - a man in his 60s - is travel-related or community-acquired. The CCHD also addressed community concerns about the lack of details provided to the public regarding COVID-19 patients - click here to read the complete article.
County/Gender/Age of New Cases
- Big Horn M 0-9 06/17/2020
- Big Horn M 0-9 06/17/2020
- Big Horn F 0-9 06/17/2020
- Big Horn F 0-9 06/17/2020
- Carbon M 30-39 06/17/2020
- Carbon M 70-79 06/17/2020
- Fergus M 70-79 06/17/2020
- Fergus F 60-69 06/17/2020
- Flathead F 70-79 06/17/2020
- Flathead M 70-79 06/17/2020
- Flathead F 70-79 06/17/2020
- Flathead F 60-69 06/17/2020
- Gallatin F 40-49 06/17/2020
- Gallatin M 30-39 06/17/2020
- Gallatin F 30-39 06/17/2020
- Gallatin M 30-39 06/17/2020
- Lake M 30-39 06/17/2020
- Missoula F 30-39 06/17/2020
- Missoula M 70-79 06/17/2020
- Richland F 40-49 06/17/2020
- Richland M 40-49 06/17/2020
- Valley M 60-69 06/17/2020
- Yellowstone F 30-39 06/17/2020
- Yellowstone F 60-69 06/17/2020
- Yellowstone F 40-49 06/17/2020