Riverstone Health

Montana’s most populous county will begin administering COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 this weekend.

RiverStone Health in Billings has identified 29 additional COVID-related deaths in Yellowstone County over the past two months that were previously unreported.

Yellowstone County recorded 334 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, setting a new daily record, according to RiverStone Health. The county also recorded one new death: a woman in her 80s who was fully vaccinated and had underlying health conditions.

The highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant is raising concern among health officials in Yellowstone County where nearly half of cases in the state from the newer strain have been found. Recent hospitalized patients in Yellowstone County tend to be sicker and increasingly in need of ventilators.

Yellowstone County public health officials say they’ve seen the county’s youngest resident death from COVID-19 related illness so far this year.

As demand for COVID-19 vaccinations in Yellowstone County slows, the county health department is partnering with local churches and businesses for walk-in clinics. YPR News’ Jess Sheldahl went to a clinic at an evangelical church, where congregants and community members got the shot.

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Starting Tuesday, Billings Clinic, St. Vincent Healthcare and RiverStone Health will staff Cedar Hall on the MetraPark fairgrounds, where they’ll administer first doses to residents in the Phase 1B category three days a week by appointment only.

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