As of Thursday, January 6, 2022, Montana reports 201,720 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1,194 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since yesterday: 295 new cases in Gallatin County, 192 new cases in Missoula County, 97 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 87 new cases in Yellowstone County, 83 new cases in Ravalli County, and more new cases in 41 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 5,460. Currently, 146 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,916 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Four more people’s deaths have been reported since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 832,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 58,100,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

In one of the most forceful speeches of his political career, President Joe Biden took sharp aim at former President Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing him of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol last year with a “web of lies” about the 2020 election because he could not accept his legitimate defeat.

Six Montanans have been charged with federal crimes for violent activity in the January 6 riot at the capitol last year. Joshua Hughes and his brother Jerod Hughes, of East Helena, are facing some of the most serious charges.