GREAT FALLS — There were 136 new cases added to the total on the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map on Tuesday morning, and six new deaths. Cascade County reported the most new cases with 39, followed by Yellowstone County with 19 and Flathead County with 16. Hill County added 13 new cases, and Big Horn County added 12.
Five of the six new reported deaths occurred in Yellowstone County in July and August but were just added to the state data.
The data below is from the official Montana website on August 25:
- TOTAL CASES & RECOVERIES: Montana now reports 6,624 cumulative cases statewide, with 4,891 people recovered.
- HOSPITALIZATIONS: There are currently 119 patients hospitalized, which is five more than yesterday. There have been 394 hospitalizations due to COVID-19 since the pandemic began.
- ACTIVE CASES: The state reports there are currently 1,556 active COVID-19 cases in Montana.
- DEATHS: The cumulative number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Montana is 97, an increase of six within the last 24 hours.
- TESTING: The number of tests increased by 2,834 over the previous 24-hour reporting period, for a new cumulative state-wide total of 236,507.
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. We encourage people to check the official website and/or Facebook page of their respective county health department for any updates that are not yet included in the state's daily updates.
Cascade County Sheriff Jesse Slaughter said on Monday that 55 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed at the Cascade County Detention Center. He said that 53 inmates and two detention center staff tested positive. Many inmates are displaying no symptoms, some mild symptoms, and a few have more severe symptoms, according to Slaughter. We do not yet know how many of these confirmed cases are included in Tuesday's total number of cases reported by the state. Click here to read more.
The four counties in the KRTV viewing area with the most (cumulative) cases are Cascade, Lewis & Clark, Glacier, and Phillips.
- CASCADE COUNTY: There have been 256 confirmed cases in Cascade County. Of those, 161 have recovered, 90 are currently active, and five have died. The City-County Health Department in Great Falls confirmed the fifth death last Tuesday.
- LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY: There have been 191 confirmed cases in Lewis & Clark County. Of those, 149 have recovered, 40 are currently active, and two have died.
- GLACIER COUNTY: There have been 121 confirmed cases in Glacier County. Of those, 89 recovered, 31 are currently active, and one has died.
- PHILLIPS COUNTY: There have been 109 confirmed cases in Phillips County. Of those, 78 have recovered, 31 are currently active, and there have been no deaths.
COUNTIES WITH NEW CASES REPORTED
Cascade County Cases
256 Total | 39 New | 90 Active
Yellowstone County Cases
1,816 Total | 19 New | 799 Active
Flathead County Cases
506 Total | 16 New | 122 Active
Hill County Cases
67 Total | 13 New | 20 Active
Big Horn County Cases
603 Total | 12 New | 185 Active
Glacier County Cases
121 Total | 8 New | 31 Active
Gallatin County Cases
1,023 Total | 6 New | 27 Active
Ravalli County Cases
98 Total | 4 New | 11 Active
Lincoln County Cases
83 Total | 2 New | 3 Active
McCone County Cases
7 Total | 2 New | 1 Active
Missoula County Cases
408 Total | 2 New | 50 Active
Pondera County Cases
15 Total | 2 New | 4 Active
Powell County Cases
10 Total | 2 New | 8 Active
Broadwater County Cases
16 Total | 1 New | 2 Active
Carbon County Cases
84 Total | 1 New | 7 Active
Dawson County Cases
32 Total | 1 New | 5 Active
Jefferson County Cases
35 Total | 1 New | 3 Active
Judith Basin County Cases
4 Total | 1 New | 0 Active
Phillips County Cases
109 Total | 1 New | 31 Active
Powder River County Cases
2 Total | 1 New | 1 Active
Roosevelt County Cases
35 Total | 1 New | 11 Active
Rosebud County Cases
135 Total | 1 New | 111 Active
COUNTIES WITH NO NEW CASES REPORTED
Beaverhead County Cases
69 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Blaine County Cases
15 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Chouteau County Cases
10 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Custer County Cases
64 Total | 0 New | 2 Active
Daniels County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Deer Lodge County Cases
32 Total | 0 New | 7 Active
Fallon County Cases
2 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Fergus County Cases
24 Total | 0 New | 2 Active
Garfield County Cases
12 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Golden Valley County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Granite County Cases
18 Total | 0 New | 5 Active
Lake County Cases
193 Total | 0 New | 11 Active
Lewis & Clark County Cases
191 Total | 0 New | 40 Active
Liberty County Cases
1 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Madison County Cases
91 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Meagher County Cases
4 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Mineral County Cases
2 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Musselshell County Cases
7 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Park County Cases
63 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Prairie County Cases
1 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Richland County Cases
54 Total | 0 New | 3 Active
Sanders County Cases
31 Total | 0 New | 15 Active
Sheridan County Cases
5 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Silver Bow County Cases
110 Total | 0 New | 6 Active
Stillwater County Cases
33 Total | 0 New | 8 Active
Sweet Grass County Cases
9 Total | 0 New | 3 Active
Teton County Cases
17 Total | 0 New | 2 Active
Toole County Cases
47 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Treasure County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 1 Active
Valley County Cases
37 Total | 0 New | 3 Active
Wheatland County Cases
3 Total | 0 New | 0 Active
Wibaux County Cases
5 Total | 0 New | 1 Active