Senators Urge Veterans To Get Vaccinated
To better protect communities nationwide from the coronavirus, Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Ranking Member Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are leading a bipartisan public service announcement encouraging veterans and their families to get vaccinated.
Tester and Moran teamed up with committee members and Veterans Service Organizations to highlight the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine in a bipartisan effort to increase vaccine confidence among veterans-especially those in rural areas-and help communities recover from the pandemic as quickly as possible.
“As leaders of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, we’ve been hearing from folks across our states about one thing-the coronavirus vaccine,” said Chairman Tester and Ranking Member Moran. “The science shows this vaccine is a safe and effective tool in the fight to manage the spread of this virus, protect vulnerable populations including our nation’s veterans, and help save lives. The truth is that Veterans Service Organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and veterans’ friends and families all have a role to play in getting veterans vaccinated. Together, we’ll keep working to get more veterans and their families the protection they need to put this pandemic behind and reopen our communities safely.”
Area Statistics
As of Thursday, April 22, Roosevelt County has one active case and no current hospitalizations. There have been 55 COVID-related deaths reported in the county.
As of Monday, April 26, Valley County’s active count was 10. There have been 874 recovered cases and 11 reported COVID-reported deaths.
Daniels County had zero active cases as of Monday, April 19. The county has 190 recovered cases and 197 cumulative cases. Seven deaths have occurred due to COVID-19 and/ or complications. There are no cases currently hospitalized.
In McCone County, there are no active cases as of Monday, April 26. There are 182 recovered cases. There has been one COVID-related death in the county.
The Phillips County Health Department was reporting zero active cases as of Monday, April 16. Five hundred and five cases are listed as recovered. There have been 16 reported COVID-related deaths.
For Richland County, there are six active case and 1,201 recovered cases as of Thursday, April 22. Total deaths are 16. There have been 1,223 total cases.
Statewide
According to Montana health officials, the state’s total number of known cases now stands at 108,111 since the start of the pandemic. There have been 1,284,896 tests conducted.
Around the state, there are 965 active cases. There are 47 active hospitalizations. By Tuesday, April 27, a total of 1,563 deaths have been reported statewide. A total of 105,583 people are listed as recovered.
Though there is no state mask mandate, local jurisdictions may still choose to implement their own mask requirements. Gianforte emphasized how providing incentives and encouraging personal responsibility are more effective than imposing unenforceable government mandates.
In keeping with Gianforte’s Jan. 13 directive which removed restrictions on hours of service and capacity for businesses, the latest directive continues to encourage businesses to adopt industry best practices or public health guidance to protect their employees and customers. The directive also continues to promote the use of telehealth services, protect vulnerable Montanans from eviction or foreclosure, ease of licensing for health care professionals and a reduction in
regulatory burdens.
Vaccine Doses
The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ dashboard features county by county breakdown as far as vaccination numbers.
In Roosevelt County, 4,598 total doses have been administered. There have been 2,198 fully immunizations.
As of Monday, April 26, 684,057 total doses have been administered in Montana. There are 305,030 fully immunized Montanans. The dashboard can be found at https://www.arcgis. com/apps/MapSeries/ index.html?appid=7c-34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b.
