Montana COVID Cases Increase To 12

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Reported COVID-19 Cases in Montana

12*

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**

773

- Persons with negative results

761

- Persons with positive results

12

Last updated: 3/18/2020 at 9:23 pm

*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 (MTPHL) or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but will include out-of-state residents tested at MTPHL.

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. 

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