Statewide, active Covid-19 cases were up 135% over last week Tuesday, while Madison County’s active cases rose 63% over the week prior. This is a jump Madison County’s Public Health Department expected, as the more easily spread Omicron variant was first detected in the county on Jan. 5.
Madison County’s active Covid-19 cases have hovered in the single digits and teens for the past few weeks, but that number is on the rise. Emilie Sayler, the county’s public health director, told commissioners at their Jan. 4 meeting that she’d just received 10 new cases the day before and around 10 Tuesday morning.
According to Montana Response Covid-19 dashboard data, current as of Dec. 28 at 10:30 a.m.: Montana Active cases: 12/20: 1,723 12/28: 2,056
Cumulative cases: 12/20: 194,929 12/28: 196,453
Active hospitalizations: 12/20: 126 12/28: 121
New cases in 24 hours: 12/20: 159 12/28: 408
Deaths: 12/20: 2,878 12/28: 2,904
Montana’s COVID-19 tracking database was reporting 1,723 active cases as of Dec. 20. It’s likely the lowest we’ll be seeing that number for a while, said Madison County Public Health Director Emilie Sayler, citing a Dec.
Montana
Active cases: 12/7: 3,271 12/14: 2,601
Cumulative cases: 12/7: 193,005 12/14: 193,905
Active hospitalizations: 12/7: 184 12/14: 164
New cases in 24 hours: 12/7: 423 12/14: 196
Deaths: 12/7: 2,777 12/14: 2,830
Montanans fully immunized: 12/7: 525,292 12/14: 529,903
Montana
Active cases: 3,271
Cumulative cases: 193,005
Active hospitalizations: 184
New cases in 24 hours: 423
Deaths: 2,777
Montanans fully immunized: 525,292
Eligible population fully vaccinated: 51%
Madison County
Active cases:
24 Deaths: 19 Cumulative cases: 1,401
F or those keeping tabs on the number of covid-related deaths in Madison County, last week the state’s official tracking system marked a jump from 14 to 19.
J ust 32 active cases of Covid-19 were being reported in Madison County by the State of Montana’s official coronavirus tracking system on the morning of Nov. 2. It’s a number on the decline, mirroring what’s being seen across the state.
F ive residents of the Tobacco Root Medical Care Center remained in isolation as of Oct. 12 in a continued outbreak directly tied to a school-related case.
Madison County Public Health Department Director Emilie Sayler presented county commissioners with this information and more at Tuesday’s commission meeting.
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