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One new COVID case, top 15 for vaccine uptake

Beaverhead County is one of the top 15 counties in the state of Montana for COVID-19 vaccinations, and is further along than the state as a whole.

The county almost went a second week without new COVID-19 positive cases; a woman in her 20s tested positive this week. As of Tuesday, the county listed 911 total cases and 11 deaths since the start of the pandemic last year. There are no active cases in the county as of Friday, though data may be delayed due to the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

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County’s COVID vaccinated rate at 44 percent

New COVID-19 cases and deaths are slowing locally and statewide, as vaccination progress continues an upward trend.

Beaverhead County added no new COVID cases to its tally over the past week. As of Tuesday, there were no active cases and 910 total cases listed for the county. The state of Montana added 516 new cases over the past week and four new deaths. As of Tuesday, Montana counted 111,377 total cases and 1,603 deaths since the start of the pandemic last year.

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11th COVID death added in county

A man in his 30s died last August from complications related to COVID-19, local public health officials reported this past week, bringing countywide deaths from the disease to 11 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Calling COVID-19 “a significant condition contributing to death,” Beaverhead County Public Health Director Sue Hansen said the information was confirmed several months later through the normal death reconciliation process at the state level.

“This would have been the first COVID-related death in Beaverhead County,” she added.

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County adds 11th COVID death

The coronavirus was "a significant condition contributing" to the August 2020 death of a man in his 30s from Dillon, Beaverhead County Public Health announced Thursday.

The confirmation was made through the routine reconciliation of death records, according to the press release from public health officials.

The death marks the 11th death tallied in the county since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year.

Read more about the latest local and state COVID-19 information in the May 19 edition of the Dillon Tribune.

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County vaccination progress slows, no new COVID cases

The number of Beaverhead County residents vaccinated against the coronavirus has slowed, due to the health department not holding mass vaccination clinics.

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County ceases mass COVID vaccination clinics

The regular mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics held by Beaverhead County Public Health have been put on hold, though residents can still receive the vaccines by appointment or through Safeway.

Public Health Director Sue Hansen said the almost-weekly clinics, which would vaccinate between 300 to 700 people at a time, are being put on hold due to lack of demand.

“We thought we would have this huge demand all through April once (the vaccine eligibility) opened up, but it didn’t work out that way,” Hansen said last week.

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County’s fully vaccinated tally nears 3,500

Almost 3,500 Beaverhead County residents have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, though that number may increase slowly in the future now that mass vaccination clinics have been put on hold.

COVID-19 claimed a 10th county resident May 1, Beaverhead County Public Health Director Sue Hansen said. The man in his 60s died at a Beaverhead County facility.