COVID Cases Decrease In County, State
Roosevelt County reported 12 active COVID cases as of Friday, Oct. 21. There have been 3,709 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. Call 406-653-6223 for a COVID vaccine appointment.
While COVID-19 cases are currently lower 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 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 two active cases as of Friday, Oct. 21. The county has 440 cumulative cases. Valley County reported 10 active cases as of Friday, Oct. 21. The county has 2,033 cumulative cases. In McCone County, there was one active case as of Friday, Oct. 21. There have been 430 cumulative cases.
Phillips County had two active cases as of Friday, Oct. 21. There have been 1,121 cumulative cases in the county.
For Richland County, there were three active cases as of Friday, Oct. 21. There have been 2,871 cumulative cases.
Sheridan County had five active cases as of Friday, Oct. 21. There have been 862 cumulative cases in the county.
Statewide
According to Montana health officials, the state’s total number of known cases now stands at 313,809 since the start of the pandemic. Around the state, there are 1,122 active cases and 950 newly reported cases in the last week.
By Friday, Oct. 21, a total of 3,569 deaths have been reported statewide. A total of 13,446 individuals have been hospitalized.
North Dakota Statistics
Williams County, N.D., had 20 active cases as of Thursday, Oct. 20.
McKenzie County, N.D., had four active cases as of Thursday, Oct. 20.
Divide County, N.D., had three active cases as of Thursday, Oct. 20.
Vaccine Doses
As of Friday, Oct. 21, 1,599,881 total doses have been administered in Montana. There are 576,217 or 53 percent fully immunized Montanans.
In Roosevelt County, 14,484 total doses have been administered as of Friday, Oct. 21. There are 5,804 fully immunized for 53 percent of the county’s eligible population for vaccination.
In Valley County, 8,855 total doses have been administered. There are 3,313 fully immunized for 45 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.
In Daniels County, 1,919 total doses have been administered. There are 712 fully immunized for 43 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.
In McCone County, 1,218 total doses have been administered. There are 430 fully immunized for 26 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.
In Richland County, 10,874 total doses have been administered. There are 4,351 fully immunized for 39 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.
In Phillips County, 4,592 total doses have been administered. There are 1,797 fully immunized for 46 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.
In Sheridan County, 5,370 total doses have been administered. There are 1,864 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.
