As of Monday, June 15, 2020, Montana reports 609 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with eight new cases reported in the last day: three in Custer County and one each in Stillwater County, Big Horn County, Cascade County, Flathead, and Ravalli County. Statewide, 78 people have been hospitalized, and seven people are currently being treated in the hospital for COVID-19. There have been 188 cases so far in Gallatin County. 19 people have died in Montana of COVID-19.

Some residential compounds in Beijing were under lockdown and tens of thousands of people were tested as the government rushed to contain a new cluster of coronavirus infections in China.

In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration withdrew approval of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine for treating the coronavirus. Saying that the malaria drugs are unlikely to be effective, the agency ended the emergency authorization it gave in March.

The sports seasons have been largely shortened or canceled, but the U.S. Open will go ahead, without the fans. The United States Tennis Association will hold the 2020 tournament in New York on its original dates, Aug. 31 to Sept. 13, but without spectators, sources said. Even if the tournament is confirmed, plans will remain tentative, depending on the path of the virus, global travel restrictions and government actions.