As of Monday, January 10, 2022, Montana reports 204,788 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1,939 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since Friday: 694 new cases in Gallatin County, 299 new cases in Missoula County, 159 new cases in Yellowstone County, 137 new cases in Cascade County, 136 new cases in Flathead County, 135 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, and more new cases in 32 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 7,713. Currently, 154 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,921 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Four more people’s deaths have been reported since Friday. Nationwide, more than 836,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 60,200,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Twenty of Yellowstone National Park’s renowned gray wolves roamed from the park and were shot by hunters in recent months. Fifteen wolves were shot after roaming across the park’s northern border into Montana. Five more were killed in Idaho and Wyoming.

Leonardo DiCaprio has an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe awards under his belt. But his latest accolade comes from a group of international scientists at London’s Royal Botanic Kew Gardens and the National Herbarium of Cameroon, who have honored the Hollywood actor and environmental activist by naming a new tropical tree species after him.