As of Saturday, April 10, 2021, Montana reports 106,142 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 175 new cases reported in the last day: 60 in Gallatin County, 47 in Cascade County, 22 in Yellowstone County, 10 in Missoula County, and more new cases in 13 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 1,079. Currently, 45 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Gallatin, Yellowstone, and Missoula Counties. 1,523 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Twenty-nine more deaths have been reported in the last two days. Nationwide, more than 561,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 31,200,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Gallatin County has now recorded a month of steady increases in COVID-19 cases even as vaccination rates continue to rise.

Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte on Friday signed bills allowing snares to be used for the trapping of wolves and lengthening Montana’s trapping seasons.

The Montana Senate voted unanimously 50-0 Friday to override the first veto issued by Gov. Greg Gianforte.