COVID-19 response update, Oct. 23, 2020

The total number of cases of COVID-19 in Montana on the state map after today's 10 a.m. update was 26,503 with 863 new cases.

The number of hospitalizations, including people hospitalized before being tested, was 1,170 with 351 active hospitalizations. The number of tests completed was 461,000 with 8,154 new tests listed this morning. The number of deaths was 282. The number of recoveries was 16,611 and the number of active cases was 9,610.

Local cases by county:

Hill: 21 new cases, 670 total, 264 active, 13 active hospitalizations, 388 recovered, 18 deaths

Liberty: No new cases, 28 total, 2 active, 26 recovered

Blaine: 10 new cases, 262 total, 143 active, 3 active hospitalizations, 116 recovered, 3 deaths

Chouteau: 5 new cases, 84 total, 37 active, 47 recovered