COVID update for the week of December 2

Phillips County Health Department reported 15 new cases between Friday, November 27, and Sunday, November 29. At press time, there are 45 active cases, with 236 cases considered recovered for a total of 287 cases overall. At present, five residents are hospitalized (out of 25 total hospitalizations) and we have lost six Phillips County residents to this virus.

Statewide, 956 new cases were reported as of Monday, November 30. The active case total is 17,030, with a cumulative total of 61,801 confirmed cases. A total of 671 Montanans have died, and there are currently 461 people hospitalized, with 2,569 hospitalizations reported overall.

Nationwide, 13.38 million cases have been reported since January 21, 2020, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center. There were over 138,903 new cases as of Monday afternoon, November 23, 2020.  The CDC reported a total of over 267 thousand lives lost since the beginning of the pandemic. Globally, 1,465,492 people have perished from the disease, and 63,118,430 people are currently considered actively infected at this time.