As of Tuesday, January 26, 2021, Montana reports 92,160 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 374 new cases reported in the last day: 62 in Gallatin County, 60 in Yellowstone County, 43 in Flathead County, 24 in Missoula County, 21 in Ravalli County, and more new cases in 33 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 4,242. Statewide, 4,141 people have been hospitalized. Currently, 128 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Yellowstone, Flathead, Cascade, and Gallatin Counties. 1,185 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Thirty-four more deaths have been reported since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 425,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 25,500,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

President Joe Biden’s administration is working to buy 200 million more doses of Covid-19 vaccines, a move that could provide enough doses to fully inoculate nearly every American by the end of the summer. The government is seeking 100 million doses from Pfizer/BioNTech and 100 million from Moderna, an order that would be made available over the summer. They would be in addition to the 400 million combined doses the companies had already committed to provide the U.S. He said he expects to be able to confirm the purchase soon.

President Joe Biden has officially rescinded the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” program, which led to the separation of over 3,000 migrant families and detained children without their parents in holding areas at the border. The ending of the family separation policy was issued by Biden’s acting attorney general, Monty Wilkinson, in a letter to all US attorneys across the nation.

The Montana House of Representatives has voted down a bill targeting gender-affirming care for transgender people. The controversial bill that would have penalized doctors who provided gender-affirming care to transgender minors, or doctors who made referrals for that care. The proposed law died on the House floor Tuesday, after losing the support of five Republicans who had voted for it the day prior.

In the Montana Senate, a vote along party lines in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to increase the number of places where people can carry guns in Montana. The committee put one amendment on the bill to include secure areas of law enforcement facilities as a place concealed guns are not allowed, which came at the request of the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office. House Bill 102 cleared the committee on a 7-4 vote, with Republicans supporting it and Democrats in opposition. The amendment passed on the same margin.