As of Wednesday, November 3, 2021, Montana reports 178,980 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 873 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since yesterday: 142 new cases in Yellowstone County, 95 new cases in Cascade County, 83 new cases in Missoula County, 71 new cases in Flathead County, 69 new cases in Gallatin County, 63 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, and more new cases in 36 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 9,052. Currently, 356 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,396 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Sixteen more people’s deaths of COVID-19 have been reported since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 749,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 46,200,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is on a trip to the United Nations climate conference in Scotland, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

And Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol and will miss Sunday’s game at Kansas City.

The Montana School Boards Association has voted to leave the National School Boards Association next summer, saying the organization has lost its focus in supporting local school boards offering professional development and advocating for quality education. The Montana association is leaving in June 2022, at the end of the term for which it has paid dues, Executive Director Lance Melton said Tuesday.

The 4-year-old grizzly bear killed Saturday in Grand Teton National Park was the daughter of grizzly 399, Wyoming’s and Yellowstone National Park’s most famous roadside bear. The four-year-old female was one of two cubs born in 2017 to the celebrity mother.