As of Monday, March 21, 2022. Montana reports 272,183 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 81 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since Friday. The highest numbers of new cases are in the college towns: 16 new cases in Missoula County, 10 new cases in Gallatin County, and more new cases in 19 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 494. Currently, 44 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 3,236 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 970,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 79,600,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

A federal judge in Missoula has blocked a portion of Montana’s vaccination law, stating in a court order that the law’s prohibition on workplace
vaccination requirements for COVID-19 was likely to cause “irreparable harm” to private physicians’ offices and certain health care facilities in the
state.

A man from Townsend shot and killed himself after law enforcement pulled him over near Bozeman on Friday. A Gallatin County Sheriff’s deputy pulled the
42-year-old man over for speeding at about 9 p.m. Friday night near Frontage Road and Valley Center Spur Road. As the deputy walked towards the vehicle, he heard a gunshot. The driver died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A Cascade County Sheriff’s Deputy fatally shot a suspect Saturday afternoon during a wanted person search. Just after 1 p.m. Saturday deputies found the
suspect, in what appeared to be a disabled car, on 7th Ave South in Great Falls. While a deputy was speaking with the suspect, the suspect “pulled a gun on the deputy.” The deputy shot the suspect.