Late March 18, Governor Bullock's office announced two more positive cases in Montana, which increased the cases to 12 in the state. He also announced that small businesses would be able to apply for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and uninsured Montanans would have the cost of their coronavirus tests covered. During a press conference, Governor Bullock announced an additional case in the state.
March 17–18 īishop Austin Vetter of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena announced on March 17 that all public Masses and related gatherings in the diocese would be banned until further notice. This announcement increased the total number of cases to 8. Governor Bullock announced that two new positive cases had been confirmed in Montana: a Missoula County man and a Yellowstone County woman, both of whom are in their 20s. The city of Helena was placed under a 10-day-long state of emergency by Mayor Wilmot Collins on the afternoon of March 16. All overdue were ended and the due date of all books was extended to May 1. The Lewis and Clark Library announced that they would close beginning on March 17 until further notice.
Governor Bullock also suggested, but did not ban, the gathering of all groups over 50 people. In addition, the governor ordered the suspension of all nursing home visits with the exception of end-of-life situations. Mid-day March 15, Governor Bullock issued an executive order that closed all public schools in the state for two weeks beginning March 16 and lasting until March 27. The commissioner and the man from Silver Bow County who was confirmed on March 13 were both present at a Board of Regents meeting in Dillon on March 5, where it is believed that the commissioner was exposed. Late on March 14, the governor's office announced the confirmation of two more positive cases, both of which are from Missoula County: a woman in her 30s who was identified as the Montana Commissioner of Higher Education and a man in his 50s. The patients included a Gallatin County man in his 40s who traveled internationally, a Yellowstone County woman in her 50s who traveled internationally, a Silver Bow County man in his 50s who traveled to Washington, and a Broadwater County man in his 50s who also traveled to Washington. On March 13, Governor Bullock announced the first four cases of coronavirus that were within the state of Montana. Although no cases were confirmed in the state at the time, the emergency declaration helped prepare state and local governments for the future impact the disease would have on Montana. On March 12, Governor Steve Bullock declared a state of emergency in Montana. Her being counted as a Montana case is still not officially confirmed, however, as the MDPHHS does not report the case in their official totals. The woman, however, had not been in Montana since November 2019 and did not come into contact with anyone in Montana. The woman in her 70s is a part-time resident of Lake County, and because this was her primary residence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that she would be considered Montana's first case. On March 11, Republican Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland announced that a part-time Montana and part-time Maryland resident tested positive for coronavirus in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
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