Covid-19
Latest news on the coronavirus, which has killed millions during a global pandemic.
Covid collections: Sharing memories of all those we lost in the pandemic
Nearly 1 million people in the U.S. have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic. Share what they meant to you with an image.
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Map: Track the Covid hot spots across the U.S.
NBC News is following Covid-19 case numbers in states and territories in the United States. The data will be updated daily.
Map: See if the CDC recommends indoor mask use in your county
Nationwide, 2 percent of counties are included in the indoor mask guidance.
Maps: Track hospital ICU stress levels in your state
As omicron wanes, track hospital ICU stress levels among adult patients across the country.
See how the prices have changed for popular grocery items
NBC News is tracking changes in grocery prices to monitor the impact on consumers’ food bills.
Shanghai suggests lockdown may end soon as pressure grows on China’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy
The strategy is coming under greater scrutiny both at home and abroad, including rare criticism from the head of the World Health Organization.
North Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting Covid-19 outbreak
State media said hundreds of thousands of other people fell ill in an explosive spread of fever across the country, most of whose population is unvaccinated.
Covid-19 narrows long-standing Latino mortality advantage, study finds
Covid-19 killed Latinos ages 65 or older at 2.1 times the rate of whites in 2020.
Kim declares 'most serious emergency' as North Korea reports first Covid cases
State media said tests from an unspecified number of people in the capital, Pyongyang, confirmed that they were infected with the omicron variant.
Shanghai disinfects homes, closes all subways in Covid fight
China’s most populous city has ordered some people to stay in their homes again, frustrating residents who were hoping a more than monthlong lockdown was finally easing.
With original omicron nearly gone, these are the BA.2 subvariant's key differences
All versions of the omicron variant seem to cause similar coldlike symptoms among vaccinated and boosted people. A runny nose is the most common.
