As of Tuesday, April 6, 2021, Montana reports 105,333 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 218 new cases reported in the last day: 62 in Gallatin County, 28 in Yellowstone County, 22 in Ravalli County, 17 in Lewis & Clark County, 16 in Missoula County, and more new cases in 18 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 961. Currently, 33 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Gallatin County and Yellowstone County. 1,477 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Eleven more deaths have been reported since Sunday. Nationwide, more than 555,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 30,800,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

A shooting involving U.S. Navy sailors in Maryland Tuesday left two people critically injured and the suspect dead. Officials responded to the shooting about 8:20 a.m. at Riverside Technical Park in Frederick, about 52 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., police said Tuesday. Officers found two men with gunshot wounds. The victims were taken to Baltimore Shock Trauma, where they are currently in critical condition. Authorities identified the suspect as a 38-year-old Navy Hospital Corpsman, who, after shooting the two men, drove about 10 minutes to U.S. Army’s Fort Detrick military base. Personnel shot him at the base.

The Gallatin City-County Board of Health voted Monday to extend the county’s face mask mandate into May to help limit the spread of COVID-19. The board also amended guidelines related to bar and restaurant capacity and rescinded rules related to visitation at long-term care facilities and mandatory quarantine and isolation for those infected with or exposed to COVID-19. The board plans to meet again in early May to reconsider the mask mandate and reopening rules for businesses. With COVID-19 cases on a steady incline in Gallatin County in recent weeks, several board members said it isn’t the time to lift the mask mandate, despite pressure to do so. Gov. Greg Gianforte repealed the statewide mandate in February, and the Legislature is now considering a measure in a bill to distribute American Rescue Plan funds that would decrease allocations to local governments with stricter health guidelines than the state by 20%.