Coronavirus numbers are not reported daily on the weekend, but as of Friday, June 11: Montana reports 112,761 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 77 new cases reported in the last day: 17 new cases in Flathead County, 11 new cases in Yellowstone County, 6 new cases in Mineral County, 6 new cases in Missoula County, and more new cases in 15 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 628. Currently, 57 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Yellowstone, Flathead and Cascade Counties. 1,641 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Three more deaths have been reported in the last day. Nationwide, more than 600,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 33,400,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

News as of Sunday, June 13:
A Texas judge has ruled in favor of a Houston hospital requiring employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19. US District Court Judge Lynn Hughes ruled against Jennifer Bridges and 116 of her fellow Houston Methodist coworkers who sued to block the Covid-19 vaccination requirement. Houston Methodist Hospital moved to dismiss the case.

A wildfire in Broadwater County swelled Sunday, temporarily closing U.S. Highway 12 between Townsend and White Sulphur Springs. The fire was reported about 3:45 p.m. in Deep Creek Canyon, U.S. Forest Service Officer David Nunn said Sunday. The fire had burned 200 acres as of 7 p.m. Sunday.

In response to multiple new laws passed two months ago by the Republican majority Montana Legislature aimed at reducing Montana’s wolf population, state officials have rolled out regulation proposals for wildlife commissioners to consider later this month, including some options that are more restrictive than the laws as written.