ered cases. There have been ….

ered cases. There have been two COVID-related deaths in the county.

Phillips County had 31 active cases as of Monday, Oct. 4. There have been 588 recovered cases and 20 COVID-related deaths. For Richland County, there are 72 active cases and 1,480 recovered cases as of Monday, Oct. 4. Total COVID-related deaths are 18. There have been 1,570 total cases.

Statewide

According to Montana health officials, the state’s total number of known cases now stands at 153,479 since the start of the pandemic. There have been 1,846,814 tests conducted.

Around the state, there are 11,498 active cases. There are 419 active hospitalizations. By Monday, Oct. 4, a total of 2,022 deaths have been reported statewide. A total of 139,959 people have recovered.

Though there is no state mask mandate, local jurisdictions may still choose to implement their own mask requirements. Gov. Gianforte emphasized how providing incentives and encouraging personal responsibility are more effective than imposing unenforceable government mandates.

Vaccine Doses In Roosevelt County, 7,591 total doses have been administered. There have been 3,733 or 44 percent fully immunizations.

As of Monday, Oct. 4, 1,019,038 total doses have been administered in Montana. There are 490,456 or 53 percent fully immunized Montanans.

The dashboard can be found at https://www.arcgis. com/apps/MapSeries/ index.html?appid=7c-34f3412536439491adcc2103421d4b.