As of Friday, January 21, 2022. Montana reports 222,093 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1,983 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since yesterday: 263 new cases in Missoula County, 249 new cases in Gallatin County, 230 new cases in Yellowstone County, 138 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 130 new cases in Park County, and more new cases in 46 more Montana counties. All 56 of Montana’s counties report active cases. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 13,855. Currently, 284 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 2,976 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Ten more people’s deaths have been reported since Friday. Nationwide, more than 860,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 69,300,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

A booster dose that follows two vaccine shots of the COVID-19 vaccine significantly reduces a person’s chances of hospitalization if they contract COVID-19 from the omicron variant, new research from the CDC finds.

‘Shakespeare in the Parks’ has postponed its winter tour due to COVID-19 concerns. As William Shakespeare’s Richard III might lament: “Now is the winter of our discontent.”

In Scotland, wintertime road equipment get their own clever names. Snow plows and sand and gravel trucks, called gritters, are named by their drivers with monikers like Spready Mercury, Brine Freeze, License to Chill, Bear Chills, Gritney Spears, Snow Connery, and Buzz IceClear.