Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton said Monday he will increase restrictions on businesses, churches and group gatherings at the end of October if COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise countywide.
Felton said in a news conference that health officials are monitoring one key metric: the daily rate of infections per 100,000 residents.
Restrictions will increase if one of two things happens: the rate of infections in the last week of October rises above 40- which equals 452 total for the week- or if the rate in any week of October rises above 50, or a total of 565, according to Felton.