Coronavirus case numbers are not updated over the weekend, but as of Friday, June 18, 2021, Montana reported 113,167 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 75 new cases reported in the last day: 20 new cases in Yellowstone County, 8 new cases in Flathead County, 7 new cases in Cascade County, 7 new cases in Mineral County, 7 new cases in Missoula County, and more new cases in 12 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana as of Friday was 509, with 53 people being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Yellowstone, Cascade and Flathead Counties. 1,651 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 601,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 33,500,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

The news as of Saturday, June 19, 2021:

Health officials are warning about coronavirus variants, including the more virulent and severe-illness-causing Delta variant — the strain first seen in India – but there are other variants also gaining ground in parts of the US. One of them is the Gamma variant, also known as P.1, which spread fast to dominate in Brazil.

Georgia removed more than 100,000 names from voter registration rolls. The announcement follows a blitz of new voting restrictions in Republican-led states with Georgia as the first presidential battleground state to impose new voting restrictions following President Joe Biden’s victory in the state.

A 28-year-old woman fell to her death Tuesday after she went on a planned hike with her husband to see the sunrise from the top of Steamboat Point, a well-known peak in the Bighorn Mountains, a Wyoming mountain range.