As of Sunday, April 25, 2021, Montana reports 108,097 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 51 new cases reported in the last day: 27 in Flathead County, 8 in Park County, 4 in Missoula County, 4 in Cascade County, and more new cases in 7 more Montana counties. Several counties did not report over the weekend, and so official case counts do not include Gallatin County and others. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 995. Currently, 49 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Gallatin, Yellowstone, Cascade, and Flathead Counties. 1,563 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 571,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 32,100,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

At least 82 people were killed in a huge fire at a Baghdad hospital for Covid-19 patients. A further 110 people had been injured in the blaze at the Iraqi capital’s Ibn al-Khatib hospital. At least 28 patients of those killed were on ventilators as they battled severe Covid-19 symptoms.

Nearly 400 people gathered Saturday near East Helena with a nonprofit conservative group that says it is dedicated to organizing students to promote freedom, free markets and limited government. Speakers at the Turning Point USA Montana Freedom Action event at the Kleffner Ranch included U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont.; state Rep. Derek Skees, R-Kalispell; and, from Turning Point, Alex Clark, Isabel Brown and Vince Dao.

Two wolves were poached by helicopter in the Big Hole Valley near Wisdom in March. Two men each illegally shot a gray wolf on private property from a helicopter. The incident comes at a time when the state is grappling with controversy over wolf management.