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Number Of COVID Cases Remains Steady In County

Roosevelt County reported 27 active COVID cases as of Friday, Sept. 9. There have been 3,580 total cases in the county. Roosevelt County Health Department hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Wolf Point the first and third Thursdays of the month, and in Culbertson on the fourth Thursday. Clinics for children 5-11 years of age are held every three weeks on Fridays. Please call 406-653-6223 for a COVID vaccine appointment.

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, Sept.

9. The county has 431 cumulative cases. Valley County reported 22 active cases as of Friday, Sept. 9. The county has 1,974 cumulative cases. In McCone County, there was one active case as of Friday, Sept. 9. There have been 424 cumulative cases.

Phillips County had zero active cases as of Friday, Sept. 9. There have been 1,116 cumulative cases in the county.

For Richland County, there were five active cases as of Friday, Sept. 9. There have been 2,826 cumulative cases.

Sheridan County had eight active cases as of Friday, Sept. 9. There have been 836 cumulative cases in the county.

Statewide

According to Montana health officials, the state’s total number of known cases now stands at 306,709 since the start of the pandemic.

Around the state, there are 1,562 active cases and 1,162 newly reported cases in the last week.

By Friday, Sept. 9, a total of 3,509 deaths have been reported statewide. A total of 13,160 individuals have been hospitalized.

North Dakota Statistics

Williams County, N.D., had 65 active cases as of Thursday, Sept. 8.

McKenzie County, N.D., had 12 active cases as of Thursday, Sept. 8.

Divide County, N.D., had two active cases as of Thursday, Sept. 8.

Vaccine Doses

As of Friday, Sept. 9, 1,537,733 total doses have been administered in Montana. There are 573,761 or 53 percent fully immunized Montanans.

In Roosevelt County, 14,102 total doses have been administered as of Friday, Sept. 9. There are 5,731 fully immunized for 52 percent of the county’s eligible population for vaccination.

In Valley County, 8,571 total doses have been administered. There are 3,311 fully immunized for 45 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Daniels County, 1,836 total doses have been administered. There are 714 fully immunized for 44 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In McCone County, 1,187 total doses have been administered. There are 432 fully immunized for 26 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Richland County, 10,633 total doses have been administered. There are 4,346 fully immunized for 39 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Phillips County, 4,544 total doses have been administered. There are 1,796 fully immunized for 46 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Sheridan County, 5,081 total doses have been administered. There are 1,867 fully immunized for 57 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

The dashboard can be found at https://www.arcgis. com/apps/MapSeries/ index.html?appid=7c-34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b.

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