As of Tuesday, November 30, 2021, Montana reports 191,012 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 601 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since yesterday: 152 new cases in Gallatin County, 98 new cases in Yellowstone County, 49 new cases in Flathead County, 42 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 36 new cases in Missoula County, 35 new cases in Cascade County, and more new cases in 39 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 4,092. Currently, 214 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,671 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. 33 more people’s deaths have been reported since yesterday. Nationwide, more than 777,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 48,100,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Monday denied a request from a group that includes a newly hired oncologist at St. Peter’s Hospital in Helena to block the vaccine mandate. Justice Breyer denied the application for an injunction from a group called “Together Employees”, who filed for an injunction against a Massachusetts health care system.

Montana Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen spoke Monday to a meeting of health care workers and community members in Sidney, where some employees of the Sidney Health Center have been protesting the hospital’s announcement that it will comply with a federal vaccine mandate for health care providers that receive Medicaid and Medicare funding.