County Reports 32 Active COVID Cases, 1,595 Active Statewide

Roosevelt County reported 32 active COVID cases as of Friday, Sept. 30. There have been 3,654 total cases in the county.

Roosevelt County Health Department hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Wolf Point the first and third Thursdays of the month, and in Culbertson on the fourth Thursday. Clinics for children 5-11 years of age are held every three weeks on Fridays. Call 406653-6223 for a COVID vaccine appointment.

While COVID-19 cases are currently lower in Montana, experts predict there will be a resurgence of the virus and hospitalizations in the fall. This is the time to order the free at-home test kits available from COVID. gov/tests.

Having these kits on-hand makes it easy to protect yourself and your community when you may have been exposed, or are feeling ill.

These test are:

• Rapid antigen at-home tests

• Can be taken anywhere

• Give results within 30 minutes (no lab drop-off required) • Work whether or not you have COVID-19 symptoms

• Work whether or not you are up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines

• Are also referred to as self-tests or over-the-counter tests The tests are being distributed by the U.S. Postal Service. Additional information can be accessed at: https:// www.covid.gov/tests/faq.

Area Statistics

Daniels County had three active cases as of Friday, Sept. 30. The county has 435 cumulative cases. Valley County reported 12 active cases as of Friday, Sept. 30. The county has 2,011 cumulative cases. In McCone County, there was zero active cases as of Friday, Sept. 30. There have been 426 cumulative cases.

Phillips County had one active case as of Friday, Sept. 30. There have been 1,118 cumulative cases in the county.

For Richland County, there were three active cases as of Friday, Sept. 30. There have been 2,855 cumulative cases.

Sheridan County had six active cases as of Friday, Sept. 30. There have been 851 cumulative cases in the county.

Statewide

According to Montana health officials, the state’s total number of known cases now stands at 310,731 since the start of the pandemic. Around the state, there are 1,595 active cases and 1,281 newly reported cases in the last week.

By Friday, Sept. 30, a total of 3,520 deaths have been reported statewide. A total of 13,306 individuals have been hospitalized.

North Dakota Statistics

Williams County, N.D., had 26 active cases as of Thursday, Sept. 29.

McKenzie County, N.D., had 15 active cases as of Thursday, Sept. 29.

Divide County, N.D., had four active cases as of Thursday, Sept. 29.

Vaccine Doses

As of Friday, Sept. 30, 1,554,238 total doses have been administered in Montana. There are 575,365 or 53 percent fully immunized Montanans.

In Roosevelt County, 14,237 total doses have been administered as of Friday, Sept. 30. There are 5,785 fully immunized for 53 percent of the county’s eligible population for vaccination.

In Valley County, 8,633 total doses have been administered. There are 3,307 fully immunized for 45 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Daniels County, 1,841 total doses have been administered. There are 712 fully immunized for 43 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In McCone County, 1,174 total doses have been administered. There are 429 fully immunized for 26 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Richland County, 10,715 total doses have been administered. There are 4,357 fully immunized for 39 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Phillips County, 4,573 total doses have been administered. There are 1,803 fully immunized for 46 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

In Sheridan County, 5,117 total doses have been administered. There are 1,866 fully immunized for 57 percent of the county’s population eligible for vaccination.

The dashboard can be found at https://www.arcgis. com/apps/MapSeries/ index.html?appid=7c-34f3412536439491adc- c2103421d4b.