Has Nine COVID Hospitalizations
County Has Nine COVID Hospitalizations
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation last week championed by Chairman Jon Tester of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to regularly report to Congress on emergency COVID-19 relief funding. This legislation now heads to the president’s desk to be signed into law.
The Senator’s VA Transparency & Trust Act of 2021 would direct VA to submit bi-weekly reports to Congress on how COVID-19 relief funds are allocated — providing committee leaders additional strong oversight over the Department’s spending. It would also require reviews of VA spending by the VA Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office. “When the pandemic took hold last year, Congress worked quickly to give VA the resources it needed to deliver uninterrupted care and benefits to our veterans,” Tester said. “It’s our continued responsibility to ensure COVID-19 relief funds are spent responsibly and in a way that best serves veterans in Montana and across the country. Unanimous passage of my bipartisan bill means we’re one step closer to doing just that.”
Area Statistics
As of Sunday, Oct. 31, Roosevelt County has 81 active cases and nine current hospitalization. There have been 58 COVID-related deaths reported in the county.
As of Monday, Nov. 1, Valley County’s active count was 71 cases. There have been 1,276 total cases and 25 reported COVID-reported deaths.
Daniels County had six active cases as of Monday, Nov. 1. The county has 275 recovered cases and 290 cumulative cases. Nine deaths have occurred due to COVID-19 and/or complications.
In McCone County, there are six active cases as of Monday, Nov. 1. There are 262 recovered cases. There have been three COVID-related deaths in the county.
Phillips County had 45 active cases as of Monday, Nov. 1. There have been 747 recovered cases and 23 COVID-related deaths. There are five active hospitalizations.
For Richland County, there are 26 active cases and 1,710 recovered cases as of Monday, Nov. 1. Total COVID-related deaths are 21. There have been 1,757 total cases.
Statewide
According to Montana health officials, the state’s total number of known cases now stands at 176,976 since the start of the pandemic. There have been 2,026,499 tests conducted.
Around the state, there are 9,528 active cases. There are 395 active hospitalizations. By Monday, Nov. 1, a total of 2,366 deaths have been reported statewide. A total of 165,082 people have recovered.
Though there is no state mask mandate, local jurisdictions may still choose to implement their own mask requirements. Gov. Gianforte emphasized how providing incentives and encouraging personal responsibility are more effective than imposing unenforceable government mandates.
Vaccine Doses In Roosevelt County, 8,126 total doses have been administered. There have been 4,020 or 48 percent fully immunizations.
As of Monday, Nov. 1, 1,105,541 total doses have been administered in Montana. There are 505,703 or 55 percent fully immunized Montanans.
The dashboard can be found at https://www.arcgis. com/apps/MapSeries/ index.html?appid=7c-34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b.
