State and local COVID-19 update, Dec. 6, 2021

Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was notified of 1 new COVID-19-related death and 11 new cases Wednesday through Friday. 11 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 15 active cases in the county and 1,516 total cases. No one was hospitalized. The county has had 29 deaths.

Hill County, reported on the state update this morning, had 12 new cases and 71 deaths. Current data was not available on the Hill County Health Department numbers for active and total cases, which have conflicted with data on the state update.

Rocky Boy Health Center, also reported on the Chouteau or Hill County reports, reported Friday no new cases and no met the criteria to be considered recovered with 1 active case and no active hospitalizations. The reservation has had 1,199 total cases and 10 deaths.

Fort Belknap Indian Community, also listed in the Blaine or Phillips county numbers, had not reported its latest data by print deadline this morning.

Liberty County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 3 active, 267 total cases, 2 deaths.

Chouteau County, reported on the state update this morning, had 1 new case, 4 active, 778 total cases, 8 deaths.

The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 357 new cases, 3,271 active cases, 198 hospitalizations and 2,768 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 192,590 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.