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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.

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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

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.