As of Thursday, November 26, 2020, Montana reports 59,682 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1,045 new cases reported in the last day: 156 in Yellowstone County, 137 in Flathead County, 125 in Gallatin County, 94 in Silver Bow County, 83 in Cascade County, 82 in Lewis & Clark and in Missoula Counties, and more new cases in 38 more Montana counties. Statewide, 2,534 people have been hospitalized, and 455 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 15,947. The most active cases are in Yellowstone and Flathead County, Cascade, Lewis & Clark, Missoula and Gallatin Counties. 658 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 263,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 12,900,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

80 of 85 nursing home patients in West Virginia facility, nearly every resident, have tested positive for Covid-19. The Stonerise Moundsville facility, located in the city of Moundsville, West Virginia, was ordered closed to all visitors by the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Members of the West Virginia National Guard have been “on hand to help” with the mass outbreak.

About 60 Air Force nurses spent Thanksgiving at short-staffed hospitals across North Dakota as the coronavirus ravages the largely rural state. Capt. Ronald Golemboski said he never expected to end up in North Dakota fighting an unseen enemy after serving multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday as the state confronts surging caseloads and record-high hospitalizations. Gordon, a Republican former state treasurer who has been governor since last year, has minor symptoms and will continue working remotely. The announcement came nearly a week after Gordon announced new measures aimed at curbing the spread of the virus. Those measures did not include a statewide mask mandate, despite pleas from all but one of the state’s county health officials. During a news conference announcing the measures, Gordon repeatedly called people who have dismissed the seriousness of the pandemic “knuckleheads,” the newspaper reported.

A Brooklyn synagogue was fined $15,000 for violating coronavirus restrictions after a video surfaced showing people standing shoulder-to-shoulder and apparently without masks at a massive, secret Hasidic wedding. The wedding was held on Nov. 8 at a synagogue in the Williamsburg neighborhood. A video that showed the crowd jumping, dancing and singing during the event. The video does not show people wearing masks.

Kalispell Regional Healthcare says 99 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, and another 73 are quarantined. Currently, they are down more than 100 workers. 28 medical staff members from the state have stepped in to help with staffing. Aside from staffing and an alternative care facility constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers in May, the hospital is dealing with an outbreak at their nursing facility, Brendan House. Kalispell Regional Healthcare confirms six residents have died from the virus as of Wednesday, and 42 residents tested positive for COVID-19. Those residents are in isolation.