As of Monday, December 13, 2021, Montana reports 193,905 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 196 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since yesterday: 36 new cases in Missoula County, 22 new cases in Flathead County, 22 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 20 new cases in Gallatin County, and more new cases in 24 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 2,601. Currently, 164 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,830 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nine more people’s death have been reported since Friday. Nationwide, more than 800,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 49,900,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

The United States passed another grim COVID-19 milestone Monday, as there have been at least 800,156 confirmed deaths traced to the coronavirus. That’s more than in any other nation, and more than the population of Boston, Washington, D.C., or Seattle.

Chronic wasting disease has been detected in a hunting district near Livingston for the first time. A white-tailed deer that was killed by a hunter in Hunting District 317 tested positive for the infectious prion disease. The white-tailed doe was killed northeast of Livingston near the junction of U.S. Highway 89 and Interstate 90.

The Montana State University Bobcats football team, the No. 8-seed, shocked top-seeded Sam Houston State on Saturday, beating Sam Houston 42-19 in Texas in the FCS quarterfinal game. It’s the second season in a row the Bobcats have reached the semifinals after losing to eventual national champion North Dakota State in 2019. The Bobcats will host unseeded South Dakota State in the semifinals this weekend at Bobcat Stadium in Bozeman, Saturday at high noon.