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Roosevelt County Listed With 16 Active COVID Cases

Roosevelt County currently has 16 active COVID cases. There have been 3,374 total cases in the county. County health officials encourage all residents aged 5 and up to be vaccinated and those over 16 should consider getting booster doses. Immunizations are by appointment only. For questions or to schedule an appointment, call 406-653-6223.

While COVID-19 cases are currently low in Montana, experts predict there will be a resurgence of the virus and hospitalizations in the fall. This is the time to order the free at-home test kits available from COVID.gov/tests.

Having these kits on-hand makes it easy to protect yourself and your community when you may have been exposed, or are feeling ill.

These test are:

• Rapid antigen at-home tests

• Can be taken anywhere

• Give results within 30 minutes (no lab drop-off required) • Work whether or not you have COVID-19 symptoms

• Work whether or not you are up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines

• Are also referred to as self-tests or over-the-counter (OTC) tests The tests are being distributed by the U.S. Postal Service. Additional information can be accessed at: https:// www.covid.gov/tests/faq Area Statistics

Daniels County had zero active cases as of Friday, July 15. The county has 404 cumulative cases. Valley County reported 45 active cases as of Friday, July 15. The county has 1,830 cumulative cases. In McCone County, there were three active cases as of Friday, July 15. There have been 397 cumulative cases.

Phillips County had one active cases as of Friday, July 15. There have been 1,085 cumulative cases in the county.

For Richland County, there were nine active cases as of Friday, July 15. There have been 2,730 cumulative cases.

Sheridan County had seven active cases as of Friday, July 15. There have been 760 cumulative cases in the county.

Statewide

According to Montana health officials, the state’s total number of known cases now stands at 292,026 since the start of the pandemic. Around the state, there are 2,868 active cases and 2,648 newly reported cases in the last week.

By Friday, July 15, a total of 3,455 deaths have been reported statewide. A total of 12,568 individuals have been hospitalized.

North Dakota Statistics

Williams County, N.D., had 52 active cases as of Thursday, July 14.

McKenzie County, N.D., had 16 active cases as of Thursday, July 14.

Divide County, N.D., had 10 active cases as of Thursday, July 14.

Vaccine Doses

As of Friday, July 15, 1,508,917 total doses have been administered in Montana. There are 569,285 or 53 percent fully immunized Montanans.

In Roosevelt County, 13,461 total doses have been administered as of Friday, July 15. There are 5,493 fully immunized for 50 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Valley County, 8,386 total doses have been administered. There are 3,269 fully immunized for 44 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Daniels County, 1,808 total doses have been administered. There are 711 fully immunized for 43 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In McCone County, 1,170 total doses have been administered. There are 432 fully immunized for 26 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Richland County, 10,384 total doses have been administered. There are 4,308 fully immunized for 39 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Phillips County, 4,484 total doses have been administered. There are 1,784 fully immunized for 46 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Sheridan County, 5,504 total doses have been administered. There are 1,856 fully immunized for 57 percent of the county’s 3,075 eligible for vaccination.

The dashboard can be found at https://www.arcgis. com/apps/MapSeries/ index.html?appid=7c-34f3412536439491adc- c2103421d4b.

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