COVID-19 response update, Oct. 21, 2020

Hill County reported three COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday evening.

The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 24,712 with 624 new cases. The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,068 with 345 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 447,994 with 2,973 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 275. The number of recoveries was 15,085 and the number of active cases was 9,352.

Local cases by county:

Hill: 31 new cases, 620 total, 271 active, 9 active hospitalizations, 332 recovered

Liberty: No new cases, 28 total, 3 active, 25 recovered, deaths

Blaine: 6 new cases, 248 total, 125 active, 11 active hospitalizations, 120 recovered, 3 deaths

Chouteau: 6 new cases, 68 total, 25 active, 43 recovered

Rocky Boy - Also included in Hill or Chouteau county numbers - 16 new cases, 143 active on the reservation, 3 active hospitalizations, 147 recovered.