State and local COVID-19 update, Dec. 13

The Montana state COVID tracking map after this morning’s update listed 196 new cases, 2,604 active cases, 164 hospitalizations and 2,830 deaths. The cumulative total for the state was 193,905 cases.

Hill County Health Department said in its update Friday that 3 new cases were reported and 3 met the criteria to be considered recovered with 13 active cases in the county Friday and 3,518 total cases. No active hospitalizations were listed in the report. The county has had 71 deaths.

Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was notified of 2 new cases and no one met the criteria to be considered recovered with 11 active cases in the county Friday and 1,525 total cases. No active hospitalizations were listed in the update. Blaine County has had 29 deaths.

Rocky Boy Health Center, also reported on the Chouteau or Hill County reports, latest data not available.

Fort Belknap Indian Community, also listed in the Blaine or Phillips county numbers, latest data not available.

Liberty County, reported on the state update this morning, had no new cases, 1 active, 267 total cases, 2 deaths.

Chouteau County, reported on the state update this morning, had 2 new cases, 8 active, 786 total cases, 8 deaths.

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.