Hill County sees surge of 63 new COVID cases Friday

With COVID-19 numbers exploding in Montana, the number of new cases in this part of the state saw a major jump last Friday.

In its update released Friday evening, Hill County Health Department reported 63 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county, the largest one-day increase to date, with one person hospitalized.

"Locally, we are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases that are associated with people who have attended social gatherings within the last two weeks," Health Department Director and Hill County Health Officer Kim Berg said in a release Friday. "Any size social gathering can provid...