State & Local Coronavirus Summary

The trendline below captures the movement of confirmed cases and deaths throughout the state since Montana's first confirmed coronavirus case on March 11^th, 2020. Notable daily spikes in cases within the past year occurred on October 25^th, 2021 (1,414 cases), January 18^th, 2022 (3,910 cases), January 24^th, 2022 (5,001 cases), February 4^th, 2022 (4,423 cases), and February 22^nd, 2022 (1,636 cases). Historic case and death data is provided by the CDC Case Task Force. Starting the week ending in May 13th, 2022, Montana will update cases as weekly totals.
For more information on the status of the coronavirus by county or throughout the state, visit the State of Montana's Coronavirus website. 

The following data, and more information about COVID-19 cases in schools, can be found on the State of Montana’s Coronavirus website and on the Billings Public Schools website. Data relevant for the 2021-2022 school year as of March 26, 2022.

1. Within Yellowstone County, 70 schools have reported COVID-19 activity and there have been 3,158 total cases within those schools. 

• The trendline below captures the number of new cases each week for School District 2 by school type:
  

The following data depicts case counts for congregate settings in Montana. The CDC defines congregate settings as places where peoples "often gather together closely for social, leisure, and recreational activities, shared dining, and/or use of shared equipment, such as kitchen appliances, laundry facilities, stairwells, and elevators." Data relevant to December 31, 2021.

• 29,377 cases in Montana have been linked to congregate settings

For more data on congregate setting case counts for Montana, visit the DPHHS COVID-19 EPI Profile Page