(KPAX) The number of people hospitalized in Missoula County due to COVID-19 has reached 43, tying the record high set on Nov. 7, 2020. Thirty of the people hospitalized are county residents. St. Patrick Hospital posted Tuesday on social media that COVID-19 patients are now being triaged in the ambulance bay. The Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD) is also … [Read more...] about Missoula County ties record for COVID-19 hospitalizations; ambulance bay in use

(Daily Montanan) One University of Montana student senator talked about being intubated in the hospital for four days before the vaccine was available, and another student talked about losing multiple family members to COVID-19, recalled Noah Durnell, student body leader at UM. A call for heightened safety measures across Montana University System campuses is growing as … [Read more...] about Faculty, student leaders call for mask, vaccine requirements on Montana university campuses

(KPAX) The first young adult in Missoula County has passed away due to COVID-19. The Missoula City-County Health Department (MCCHD) was notified on Friday that a resident between the ages of 20 and 39 had died as a result of COVID-19. No further information is being released. The death is the 13th in the past six weeks, according to MCCHD. Overall, 112 COVID-19 related … [Read more...] about Health Department: 1st Missoula Co. young adult dies from COVID-19

(Daily Montanan) More and more people in the United States are choosing to be cremated, and Montanans are making the choice way more frequently than the national average, according to Montana State University Extension. In 2020, 79 percent of people who died in Montana were cremated, compared to 56 percent of people who died in the country overall, according to MSU … [Read more...] about Cremation requests are up, Montana rates beat national average