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Montana adds 1 new COVID-19 case in Yellowstone County

Posted at 10:05 AM, May 19, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-19 13:06:07-04

Montana added one new COVID-19 case Tuesday in Yellowstone County, according to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map.

The state is reporting a total of 471 cases. MTN is reporting one fewer total cases due to a case in Jefferson County that local health authorities report involved a patient who was not in the state.

Three more people have recovered from the virus in the last 24-hour reporting period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 437.

The number of people currently hospitalized stands at five, an increase of one from the day before. The number of deaths remain at 16.

There are 18 active cases in the state currently.

In Yellowstone County the new case pushes the total number of active cases to seven, the most in the state. The new case involves a woman in her 80s.

Big Horn County has five active cases, a decrease of one since the Monday report. Toole County has two active cases, and Cascade, Broadwater, Silver Bow, and Ravalli counties each have one active cases.

The total number of statewide tests increased to 28,950, an addition of 783 tests in the last 24 hours.

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Cases By Day

Total Confirmed Cases and New Daily Cases by County

Yellowstone County

87 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Beaverhead County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Big Horn County

8 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Broadwater County

4 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Carbon County

6 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Cascade County

17 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Deer Lodge County

3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Flathead County

37 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Gallatin County

149 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Glacier County

6 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Golden Valley County

3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Hill County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Jefferson County

3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Lake County

5 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Lewis and Clark County

16 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Liberty County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Lincoln County

7 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Madison County

8 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Meagher County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Missoula County

39 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Musselshell County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Park County

8 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Pondera County

2 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Ravalli County

6 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Richland County

3 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Roosevelt County

7 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Silver Bow County

11 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Stillwater County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Toole County

29 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Wheatland County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases