Butte health department reports 33 new COVID-19 cases | Local
Monday morning Montana reported 130 additional COVID-19 cases and the deaths of three more people due to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Statewide, the death total is at 160 people. A week ago 138 people in Montana were reported to have died as a result of COVID-19. Two weeks ago the state had reported 118 deaths.
The newly reported cases bring the number of active cases in Montana to 2,393 compared to 2,127 a week ago and 1,952 two weeks ago.
A total of 10,429 people in Montana have been confirmed to have COVID-19. Of those people, 7,876 are considered recovered, according to data reported by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Two of the people that died were Yellowstone County residents. Their deaths bring the county’s death total to 59.
Both were women in their 60s who died Saturday at a Yellowstone County hospital, according to a press release from RiverStone Health.
Thirteen Yellowstone County residents have died so far in September. In a statement included in the RiverStone press release, County Health Officer John Felton noted that a Yellowstone County resident on average has died every day-and-a-half this month.
“My heart is heavy and my thoughts and prayers are with the families of deceased as they face the loss of their loved ones from COVID-19,” Felton said.
