As of Monday, November 22, 2021, Montana reports 188,505 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 511 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since Friday: 101 new cases in Yellowstone County, 54 new cases in Gallatin County, 48 new cases in Flathead County, 38 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 35 new cases in Missoula County, and more new cases in 31 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 5,911. Currently, 266 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,567 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Twenty more people’s deaths have been reported over the weekend. Nationwide, more than 770,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 47,700,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded COVID-19 booster shot eligibility to all adults. Previously, the FDA had only authorized a third shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for certain populations, such as those 65 and older and people with underlying medical conditions. Now, the FDA has authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna boosters for everyone else.

The Montana Legislature’s Democratic Party leaders on Friday called for a Republican state senator to be removed from her interim committee assignments, after she was quoted denigrating LGBTQ people and suggesting their feelings of fear are “normal consequences associated with the choices they made.”
Sen. Theresa Manzella’s, Republican of Hamilton, spoke at a Wednesday event in Clinton, just outside Missoula.