As of Friday, May 7, 2021, Montana reports 109,737 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 149 new cases reported in the last day: 22 in Cascade County, 20 in Gallatin County, 17 in Flathead County, 15 in Yellowstone County, and more new cases in 19 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 1,070. Currently, 68 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Yellowstone, Flathead, Cascade, and Gallatin Counties. 1,592 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Twelve more deaths have been reported in the last day. Nationwide, more than 580,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 32,600,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed more than 3 million lives around the world, an almost unfathomable human toll. Now, new figures suggest that the true global Covid-19 death toll has been grossly undercounted. An analysis from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington (IHME) says the coronavirus has killed 6.9 million people, more than double the 3.2 million deaths that have been officially reported worldwide.

About 2,000 truck drivers from Alberta, Canada will be eligible for vaccinations in Montana starting Monday. A memorandum of understanding was signed between Montana and Alberta in hopes of maintaining trade routes across the border,. The Albertan truckers have been allocated vaccine doses from the U.S. to be administered at a truck stop in Conrad, along Interstate 15.

Fire destroyed the iconic M&M Cigar Store in Uptown Butte early Friday morning, taking out the roof and leaving the rest of the building charred and gutted. Nobody was injured but the building was a compete loss.