As of Monday, March 28, 2022, Montana reports 272,454 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 57 new cases of coronavirus infection reported since Friday: 10 new cases in Missoula County, 9 new cases in Gallatin County, 8 new cases in Lewis & Clark County, 7 new cases in Yellowstone County, and more new cases in 12 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 401. Currently, 32 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. 3,245 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Three more people’s deaths have been reported since Friday. Nationwide, more than 976,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 79,900,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

For the first time since 2005, Montana election administrators will begin running the state’s new voter management system alongside the current system
in a series of “parallel tests” before a broader deployment of the new “ElectMT” system in January 2023.

A work group is weighing different options for capping the number of guided trips permitted to outfitters on the Madison River. Setting a limit on how
many times outfitters can take clients to the Madison is one component of a larger effort to manage social conflicts and reduce crowding along one of
Montana’s most heavily-fished rivers, and one very popular for recreating.