Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

All counties have different vaccine allocations. According to the Governor’s office, these allocations are based on:

• Population that fits the current phase.
• The amount of vaccine the county has left to administer.

• Counties with two large hospitals would have about double the number of people who were eligible in Phase 1A. Because healthcare workers were the first priority, these counties may be showing a larger percentage of the population vaccinated at this time.
• Vaccinations are being tracked by a person’s residence. For example, if someone was a healthcare worker who lived in Park County but works at a hospital in Bozeman, that person would have been eligible to get the vaccine through their employer. But, their vaccination would have been counted in Park County.
• Indigenous tribes, veterans, and other groups may be able to get vaccines through federal programs. These would not be included in the state’s allocations, but each vaccine would count towards the total population vaccinated.

The Gallatin City-County Health Department may be alerted to additional cases before the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, so numbers reported locally and by the state may differ.

One reason is the timing of when the data is received. GCCHD typically receives information about the positive case first and is able to update the data more quickly. Once the case is entered into the Montana Infectious Disease Information System, the case is processed and reviewed by DPHHS. This review includes verification that the case is a resident of Gallatin County. Additionally, cut off times are needed to appropriately manage data, so a case that is displayed on the GCCHD dashboard on one day may not be entered onto the DPHHS dashboard until the following day. GCCHD has chosen to include out-of-county and out-of-state residents who are isolated and recovering in Gallatin County in the case counts. This is not to say that any one entity is incorrectly publishing the data, it merely explains how the data is obtained at the local level and shared to the state level.

The dashboard is comprised of data that we find to be most useful for our partners and the public. We receive a sizable number of requests for different data sets and information and are unable to fill  individual requests at this time.

However, the Gallatin City-County Health Department will be releasing weekly reports on weekly COVID-19 surveillance reports for Gallatin County that will be accessible here. Due to HIPPA/privacy laws and rapidly changing information, we do not make the raw data public or offer this information in any other format.

If you have questions regarding data and data-tracking on the Healthy Gallatin website,  the state map, or in the weekly report, please email the callcenter@readygallatin.com or call at 406-548-0123