As of Tuesday, August 10, 2021, Montana reports 118,754 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 493 new cases reported in the last day: 98 new cases in Flathead County, 85 new cases in Yellowstone County, 62 new cases in Cascade County, 54 new cases in Missoula County, 44 new cases in Gallatin County, and more new cases in 39 more Montana counties. Three-quarters of Montana’s counties report new COVID-19 cases. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 2,404. Currently, 154 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 1,726 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Three more deaths have been reported since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 617,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 36,000,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

COVID-19 in Helena wastewater has risen 1,100% in one week. Carroll College scientists have also sampled wastewater in Helena and in East Helena for the past year. The Lewis & Clark County Health Department said, “The new results point to a large amount of disease in the community, which could correlate with the current significant rise in local disease identified through diagnostic testing and could, more importantly, indicate many individuals are infected with the virus but haven’t been tested.”

The Gallatin City-County Health Department will host immunization clinics, including for the COVID-19 vaccine, for children ahead of fall’s return to school. The immunizations are for children entering kindergarten through 12th grade, with children 12 years and older eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine.