State & Local Coronavirus Summary

The trendline below captures the movement of confirmed cases and deaths throughout the state since Montana's first confirmed coronavirus case on March 11^th, 2020. Notable daily spikes in cases occurred on October 22^nd, 2020(1,608 cases), November 14^th, 2020 (1,642 cases), November 20^th, 2020 (1,475 cases), December 4^th, 2020 (1,314 cases) and October 13^th, 2021 (1,344 cases). Historic case and death data is provided by the CDC Case Task Force. Montana currently does not collect case and death data over the weekends.
For more information on the status of the coronavirus by county or throughout the state, visit the State of Montana's Coronavirus website. 

The following data, and more information about COVID-19 cases in schools, can be found on the State of Montana’s Coronavirus website and on the Billings Public Schools website. Data relevant for the 2021-2022 school year as of October 9, 2021.

1. Within Yellowstone County, 62 schools have reported COVID-19 activity and there have been 880 total cases within those schools. 

• The trendline below captures the number of new cases each week for School District 2 by school type:
  

The following data depicts case counts for congregate settings in Montana. The CDC defines congregate settings as places where peoples "often gather together closely for social, leisure, and recreational activities, shared dining, and/or use of shared equipment, such as kitchen appliances, laundry facilities, stairwells, and elevators." Data relevant to October 1, 2021.

• 23,255 cases in Montana have been linked to congregate settings
• There have been 550 deaths associated with congregate settings
• 27% of all COVID-19 deaths in Montana are attributed to congregate settings

For more data on congregate setting case counts for Montana, visit the DPHHS COVID-19 EPI Profile Page