As of Monday, November 29, 2021, Montana reports 190,424 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 354 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since Friday: 49 new cases in Yellowstone County, 44 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 40 new cases in Missoula County, 31 new cases in Flathead County, 67 new cases in Gallatin County, and more new cases in 27 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 4,284. Currently, 215 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,638 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Seven more people’s deaths have been reported since Friday. Nationwide, more than 777,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 48,100,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

A new variant of coronavirus has emerged. The omicron variant is causing illness in countries around the world, who have identified cases and halted travel from southern Africa where the new omicron variant of Covid-19 is spreading quickly. The omicron variant sparked countries to quickly roll out new travel restrictions Friday. Omicron is also the quickest to be labeled a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO) because of its very fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations.

Air travel on the Sunday after Thanksgiving was the busiest travel day since the start of the pandemic, according to the Transportation Security Administration. Two and a half million people were screened in airports on Sunday, Nov. 28. That number surpassed the 2.3 million people who passed through airport screenings on Wednesday, as droves of people made their way to their holiday destinations.