State and local COVID-19 update, Oct. 26, 2021

Blaine County Health Department and the state tracking map reported new COVID-19-related deaths in Blaine and Liberty counties, one in each county.

Blaine County Health Department reported Monday evening the county had suffered another COVID-19-related death. It reported being notified of 22 new cases Friday through Monday, 76 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 1,364 total cases, 26 deaths.

Fort Belknap reported Monday evening, also reported on either Blaine or Phillips county numbers, 2 new cases, 19 active, no active hospitalizations, 722 total cases, 12 deaths.

Hill County Health Department reported Monday evening that 16 new cases were reported Saturday through Monday, 90 active, 13 active hospitalizations, 3,242 total cases, 60 deaths.

Rocky Boy reported Monday, also reported on either Chouteau or Hill county numbers, 3 new cases, 34 active, 2 active hospitalizations, 1,146 total cases. It has had 10 deaths.

Liberty County, reported on the state update this morning, had 2 new cases, 10 active, 259 total cases, 1 death.

Chouteau County, reported on the state update this morning, had 10 new cases, 20 active, 685 total cases, 8 deaths.

The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 1,132 new cases, 10,857 active cases, 458 hospitalizations and 2,305 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 173,104 cases.

People can visit the state tracking map, normally updated between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. each day, online through links at https://montana.maps.arcgis.com and at https://covid19.mt.gov .

People can find online where vaccines are available in their area through https://vaccinefinder.org, operated by Boston’s Children’s Hospital and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the United States Digital Service.