Of Missoula County’s 128 active cases reported Friday, 66% of those cases are attributed to people ages 10-29, according to an email sent Friday by the Missoula City-County Health Department.
A volunteer associated with Missoula Parks and Recreation program also tested positive for COVID-19, according to a press release the department sent Friday. The individual’s last exposure to program participants was Sept. 9, and an initial investigation by the health department indicates the potential exposure is limited to fewer than 15 recreation program participants, the press release said.
Despite the increase among youth, a group of parents and students from Frenchtown and several Missoula high schools gathered on Thursday to protest crowd-size limits for high school football games. Missoula City-County Health Officer Ellen Leahy said during a Board of Health meeting on Thursday that football is different than other fall sports like volleyball and cross country because “they…
