As of Tuesday, October 12, 2021, Montana reports 160,896 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 2,227 new cases of coronavirus infection reported over the weekend: 456 new cases in Yellowstone County, 333 new cases in Missoula County, 249 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 145 new cases in Flathead County, 125 new cases in Lake County, 109 new cases in Blaine County, 100 new cases in Cascade County, and more new cases in 43 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 12,333. Currently, 489 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. As of last Friday, 2,094 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Fourteen more people have died of COVID-19 in Montana since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 715,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 44,500,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

The surge of COVID-19 in Montana continues to swell in the state. From Monday to Friday last week, 57 people died of COVID-19. In Billings, RiverStone Health reported the deaths of six Yellowstone County residents over the weekend due to COVID-19 related illness. Montana now has 12,539 active cases. A year ago Montana was reporting 4,851 active COVID-19 cases.

A University of Montana computer science professor has been put on paid leave pending an investigation on several of his blog posts and videos that made derogatory statements about women, Muslims and individuals who are LGBTQ.

Chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a mule deer buck killed in a hunting district just south of Yellowstone National Park, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has announced.