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Montana reports 2 new COVID-19 cases

Posted at 10:12 AM, May 12, 2020
and last updated 2020-05-12 14:50:30-04

Montana reported two new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the state total to 460 cases, according to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map.

State officials are reporting a total of 461, but that number still includes a case attributed in Jefferson County that was later determined to be a patient who hadn't been in Montana for several weeks, the infection was not acquired in Montana and the person had no contact with Montana residents after contracting the virus, according to a post by the Jefferson County Health Department on its Facebook page.

Cascade County reported a new case involving a man in his 30s, and Big Horn County has a new case involving a woman in her 20s.

Big Horn County announced the new case in a press release Monday afternoon, after the state daily report was published.

Of the total cases statewide cases, 425 have recovered, an increase of two over the 24-hour reporting period period.

There are 19 active cases statewide.

Yellowstone County and Big Horn County have two active cases each, and Toole County remains the most active infectious area in the state with six cases. Gallatin County and Cascade County each have three active cases.

Lincoln, Silver Bow, and Broadwater counties each have one active case.

A total of 23,035 tests have been completed in the state, an increase of 463 since the Monday report.

Four people remain hospitalized, and 63 have received treatment in a hospital.

The number of deaths remains at 16.

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Total Confirmed Cases and New Daily Cases by County

Big Horn County

4 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Cascade County

17 Total Cases | 1 New Cases

Beaverhead County

1 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Broadwater County

4 Total Cases | 0 New Cases

Carbon County

6 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

5 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

Yellowstone County

82 Total Cases | 0 New Cases