State and local COVID-19 update, Dec. 20, 2021

Hill County Health Department said in its update Friday that 3 new cases were reported and 1 met the criteria to be considered recovered

with 10 active cases in the county and 3,531 total cases. No active hospitalizations were

listed. The county has had 71 deaths.

Blaine County Health Department said in its update Friday that it was notified of 1 new case and 1 met the criteria to be considered recovered with one person hospitalized, 11 active cases and one active hospitalizations. The county has had 1,537 total cases and has had 29 deaths.

Rocky Boy Health Center, also reported on the Chouteau or Hill County reports, reported Friday no new cases and none met the criteria to be considered recovered with 5 active cases and 1,209 total cases. It listed no active hospitalizations. The reservation has had 10 deaths.

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

Liberty County information was not updated on the state tracking map by deadline this morning.

Chouteau County information was not updated on the state tracking map by deadline this morning.

The Montana state COVID tracking map was not updated by printing deadline this morning.

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.