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Yellowstone County health officials urge vaccinations as delta COVID variant sweeps the state
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St. Vincent Healthcare Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Bush (left), Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton (center) and Billings Clinic Healthcare Epidemiologist Dr.Neil Ku prepare to update the community on the COVID-19 situation on Aug. 8, 2021.
and last updated 2021-08-04 17:44:27-04
BILLINGS â Yellowstone County public health officials held their first press conference in four months on Wednesday to encourage the community to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as the more contagious delta variant of the virus drives case numbers up across Montana.
âWe do know that we can control this virus. Wearing masks, social distancing and being vaccinated are the things that we can do to make a significant difference in how we spread this virus in the community, said Dr. Michael Bush, SCL Health St. Vincent Healthcare chief medical officer.
BILLINGS. - RiverStone Health held a press conference with local health leaders on Wednesday to give an update on COVID-19 in Yellowstone County.
County Health Officer John Felton says the county is seeing more hospitalizations and COVID-19 infections because of the Delta variant. He says the county has 50% more confirmed Delta cases than any other counties in Montana.
In Yellowstone County, to date, Felton says, more than 1,300 people have been hospitalized with the virus since the beginning of the pandemic, and only 17 of those people were fully vaccinated.Â
Among the 284 deaths from COVID-19 in the county, only four were fully vaccinated.