Two additional COVID-19 deaths reported in Butte-Silver Bow, vaccine clinic scheduled for Wednesday
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and last updated 2021-02-22 21:50:14-05
BUTTE â The Butte-Silver Bow Health Department announced two additional deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of COVID-related deaths in the county to 80.
According to a Health Department news release, the deaths in Butte-Silver Bow equate to 223 fatalities per 100,000 population, the highest per capita ranking among the most populous counties in Montana.
âCOVID-19 has hit our elderly population hard, so it means all the more to our Unified Health Command that we are vaccinating people as quickly as possible,â Health Officer Karen Sullivan said.