Gianforte applauds progress on COVID in Montana

Gov. Greg Gianforte said the state continues to make progress vaccinating residents against COVID-19, and will continue to quicken the pace as more and more vaccine is allocated to the state after a year of hardship for Montana.

Gianforte said, while the situation in Montana is getting better and better the more people get vaccinated, the state has seen some bad times in the last year.

“This crisis has brought real serious challenges and many dark days,” he said.

He said over 100,000 Montanans have contracted COVID-19 and 1,400 lives have been lost, and that only acknowledges the pandemic’s ef...