Montana has 10 new COVID-19 cases, 2 inmates test negative

Montana has 10 new COVID-19 cases, 2 inmates test negative

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials announced 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, said two Montana Women's Prison inmates with presumptive positive tests were native for the respiratory virus in followup testing and Gov. Steve Bullock announced $8.7 million in federal funding for education interests.

Gallatin County has six new cases and there are one new case each in Big Horn, Custer, Lake and Lewis and Clark counties from more than 1,200 tests run on Thursday. The state had 46 new COVID-19 cases over the past seven days, compared to 48 the prior week. The total known cases since mid-March is 573. Eighteen people have died and seven people remain hospitalized.