Health

Five more Gallatin County residents have died due to complications from COVID-19.

The community transmission rate in Gallatin County this week was about five times higher than what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers high rates of transmission.

As Gallatin County has seen a decline in weekly average cases and positivity rate, health officials are “cautiously optimistic” the dip marks the start of a downward trend in cases.

Over a month into the fall semester, Montana State University’s contact tracing remains largely dependent on student cooperation as it continues the effort it launched last year with its own case managers.

Unvaccinated Montanans are five times more likely to be hospitalized and three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated individuals, according to a new state report.

A state report this week showed 1,166 COVID-19 cases in among K-12 students since the start of this school year, up from 369 a week ago.

Bozeman Health is preparing to administer third booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for eligible people, which include older people, adults with underlying health conditions and some frontline workers.