Montana COVID Cases Increase To 7

[niman]

Montana DPHHS COVID-19 public health monitoring and testing

Reported COVID-19 Cases in Montana

7*

Individuals monitored by public health

30

- Individuals who have completed monitoring process

26

- Individuals who remain under monitoring

4

Persons tested for COVID-19 by MTPHL**

166

- Persons with negative results

103

- Persons with positive results

6

Last updated at 4:52 pm at 3/14/2020

 

*One case reported to date is a part time Montana resident with no documented exposures or close contacts in Montana, and was not tested in Montana.

**Testing numbers include only those tested at the Montana Public Health Laboratory and/or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

https://dphhs.mt.gov/publichealth/cdepi/diseases/coronavirusmt

Edited March 15, 2020 by niman

[niman]

Montana DPHHS COVID-19 public health monitoring and testing

Reported COVID-19 Cases in Montana

7*

Individuals monitored by public health

30

- Individuals who have completed monitoring process

26

- Individuals who remain under monitoring

4

Persons tested for COVID-19 by MTPHL**

166

- Persons with negative results

103

- Persons with positive results

6

Last updated at 4:52 pm at 3/14/2020

*One case reported to date is a part time Montana resident with no documented exposures or close contacts in Montana, and was not tested in Montana.

**Testing numbers include only those tested at the Montana Public Health Laboratory and/or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Persons tested includes:
- those who have symptoms of concern AND may have traveled to an area experiencing community transmission, OR
- are symptomatic and a close contact to a known or suspected case in the past 14 days, OR
- are exhibiting symptoms of a compatible illness without other cause after medical examination.

Patients tested may not have been under monitoring at the time of testing.