As of Wednesday, August 5, 2020, Montana reports 4,429 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 115 new cases reported in the last day: 25 in Yellowstone County, 13 in Big Horn and in Gallatin County, 8 in Rosebud and in Silver Bow County, 7 in Beaverhead County, 5 in each of Cascade, Custer, Granite, and Phillips Counties, 4 in Flathead County, 2 in each of Glacier, Lewis & Clark, Lincoln, and Park Counties, and 1 in each of Blaine, Deer Lodge, Fergus, Lake, Pondera, Richland, Sheridan, Sweet Grass, and Toole Counties. Statewide, 248 people have been hospitalized, and 79 people are currently being treated in the hospital for COVID-19. Yellowstone County has had 1,144 cases so far, and Gallatin County has had 887. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 1,544. The most active cases are in Yellowstone County, with 593 active cases. Gallatin County has 43 active cases. 65 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 159,000 Americans have died.

Of the population of Earth, the United States has just 4.25% of the world’s population, but 22% of its COVID-19 deaths. The novel coronavirus is surging in several states that had not previously seen high infection rates. Montana is among those witnessing the largest percentage surge of infections over the past week, with more community spread, clusters of coronavirus cases, and more hospitalizations and deaths.

In Oregon, at least 25 campers and staff members at Trout Creek Bible Camp near Corbett have tested positive for COVID-19. The disease was first detected July 18 when a staff member tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The outbreak has grown to a total of 11 campers and 14 staff members — all age 20 or younger. There have been large outbreaks of coronavirus infection across the country this summer, including 260 overnight campers and staff who tested positive at a Georgia summer camp, and more than 80 at an overnight camp in Missouri.

Chicago, the nation’s third-largest school district, will conduct classes remotely in September. In recent days, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Washington have also opted to start the school year with remote learning only. That leaves New York City, which has a low infection rate, as the only major system in the country that will try to offer in-person classes when school starts this fall.

A Georgia second grader tested positive for Covid-19 after attending the first day of school. Sixes Elementary in the Cherokee County School District in Georgia began in-person classes on Monday. But by Tuesday, a classroom was temporarily closed for deep cleaning and the teacher and 20 other students had been asked to quarantine for two weeks after the second grader tested positive. Since Marietta City Schools began preplanning on July 27, five employees have tested positive and another is presumed positive. Earlier this week, around 260 employees were reported to have either tested positive or been exposed in Georgia’s largest school district, Gwinnett County Public Schools.

The University of Connecticut, UConn, canceled its football season because of the coronavirus Though not a football powerhouse, Connecticut is the first member of the Football Bowl Subdivision, the top level of football in the N.C.A.A., to decide not to play this fall, following the same path taken by Ivy League schools. Workouts have been halted at six Big Ten schools, including Rutgers, where an outbreak has infected 28 players. The N.C.A.A. has canceled Division II and III fall sports championships.

A Montana outbreak of six COVID-19 cases in a long-term care facility in Cascade County was reported Tuesday. The health department is working with the facility to determine appropriate strategies for containing and preventing further spread of the respiratory illness. The virus is known to be particularly dangerous to older adults and other vulnerable populations in long-term care settings. There have been cases of coronavirus infection at senior care facilities, including the Immanuel Lutheran assisted living facility in Kalispell, and a deadly outbreak at Canyon Creek Memory Care in Billings, where 15 of 55 residents have died of COVID-19.