As of Monday, March 7, 2022, Montana reports 271,191 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 163 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since Friday: 34 new cases in Missoula County, 24 new cases in Yellowstone County, 20 new cases in Gallatin County, 12 new cases in Cascade County, 11 new cases in Flathead County, and more new cases in 25 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 1,061. 44 of Montana’s 56 counties report active cases. Currently, 87 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 3,208 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Four more people’s deaths have been reported since Friday. Nationwide, more than 957,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 79,200,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Montana’s minimum wage increased by 45 cents an hour, to $9.20 per hour, on Jan. 1. The Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation, determines the
percentage increase in Montana’s minimum wage each year.

Montana State University’s Troy Andersen showed off his elite speed at the NFL combine with a blazing 40-yard dash. Andersen, a former two-way star at Montana State, topped all linebackers with a time of 4.42 seconds in the 40-yard dash Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

March first marked the 150th anniversary of the creation of Yellowstone National Park. On March 1, 1872, Yellowstone became the first national park in the nation and in the world when President Ulysses S. Grant signed the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act into law.