New COVID- related death listed in Chouteau County

The state COVID-19 tracking map this morning listed an additional death in Chouteau County.

The update this morning listed nine COVID-19-related deaths in the county, up from eight listed Monday.

That brings the total deaths in this area to 111, with 71 in Hill County, 29 in Blaine and two in Liberty.

The number of new cases in the area has dropped, but a surge is occurring in other parts of the world and in parts of the United States that is likely to hit Montana in the near future. It still is driven by the delta variant of the virus at this point, although the omicron variant that is taking...