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The latest news and commentary on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

NOTE: As the world adjusts to COVID-19, research continues on its origins, the effectiveness of masks, vaccines and boosters, new variants, workplace policies, politics and much more. The Washington Times is committed to accuracy in our reporting of the coronavirus. We continue to explore how COVID-19 affects us here in the United States and around the world. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continues to update its guidance on coronavirus (available here) with information geared toward parents, employers, healthcare professionals and consumers. They also offer a COVID data tracker here where you can explore vaccination trends, levels of community spread and other valuable tools for making healthy choices for you and your family.

For more detailed information on total cases, total deaths, global maps and dashboards, visit the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center here.

Click on the maps below for more information on coronavirus cases by state and vaccinations by county, and for a fuller picture of COVID-19, scroll down for the most recent reporting from The Washington Times.

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A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, right, and a vial of the vaccine for adults, which has a different colored label, at a vaccination station in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Pfizer: Children under 5 show strong immune response in three-shot, COVID-19 vaccine regimen

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about electric school buses, during an event at Meridian High School in Falls Church, Va., Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

VP Harris, Surgeon General Murthy sound alarm over health worker burnout

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
FILE - Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at a ceremony on Dec. 7, 2021, in Phoenix. Two more bills restricting responses to the coronavirus pandemic are heading to Ducey's desk, including one that would impact the ability of future state leaders to respond to another airborne-spreading disease and a second blocking the state from ever requiring schoolchildren to get a COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona governor OK's ban on school COVID-19 vaccines

By Bob Christie - Associated Press
Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 26, 2021. Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine will not be commissioned as military officers but will graduate with bachelor's degrees, the academy said Saturday, May 21, 2022. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

Unvaccinated cadets will graduate, but won't receive commissions, Air Force Academy says

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times
FILE - White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. The White House is planning for “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19. In public comments and private meetings on Capitol Hill, Jha has painted a dark picture in which the U.S. could be forced to cede many of the advances made against the coronavirus over the last two years and even the most vulnerable could face supply shortages. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

U.S. sees risk of COVID supply rationing without more funds

By Zeke Miller - Associated Press
FILE - A person pays his respects at a makeshift memorial outside the scene of a shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?

By Michelle R. Smith - Associated Press
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a a ruling party politburo meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, May 21, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press
Children and their caregivers arrive for school in New York, Monday, March 7, 2022. The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to extend the order, which was to expire on April 18, by two weeks to monitor for any observable increase in severe virus outcomes as cases rise in parts of the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

Virus surges again, but the era of sweeping COVID-19 mandates may be over

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions during a press conference at Seminole State College in Sanford, Monday, May 16, 2022. DeSantis is at the school to announce $125 million in funding for nursing education. He said the state will likely take over Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District rather than local governments absorbing it after he signed a bill dissolving the longtime special tax district in April. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Florida sees record tourism after return to pre-pandemic norms

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a monkeypox virion, obtained from a sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. Monkeypox, a disease that rarely appears outside Africa, has been identified by European and American health authorities in recent days. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP)

Monkeypox unlikely to become COVID-like crisis: experts

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A worker wearing a protective suit administers a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Parts of Beijing on Thursday halted daily mass testing that had been conducted over the past several weeks, but many testing sites remained busy due to requirements for a negative COVID test in the last 48 hours to enter some buildings in China's capital. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

WHO: COVID deaths dropped by 21% last week but cases rising

Associated Press
A man wearing a face mask stands on a bridge over an expressway in Beijing, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Parts of Beijing on Thursday halted daily mass testing that had been conducted over the past several weeks, but many testing sites remained busy due to requirements for a negative COVID test in the last 48 hours to enter some buildings in China's capital. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Shanghai to reopen subways in easing of COVID restrictions

Associated Press
FILE - People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting with an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea on May 16, 2022. North Korean propaganda describes an all-out effort to fight a suspected COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly 2 million people. But defectors say fear is palpable among North Korean citizens who lack access to hospital care and struggle to afford even basic medicine. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Tea and infomercials: N. Korea fights COVID with few tools

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during an interview in Washington on March 17, 2022. Another member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet has tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. Health Secretary Becerra tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, while visiting Berlin, a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Department said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra tests positive for COVID-19 while in Germany

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 26, 2021. Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers in May 2022, because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back thousands of dollars in tuition costs, according to Air Force officials. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

Air Force cadets face expulsion, repayment demand, over vaccine refusal

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times
First lady Jill Biden speaks at the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy's National Summit on Adult Literacy at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden's daughter Ashley tests positive for COVID-19, scraps trip with the first lady

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Patrons eat indoors at Philippe the Original restaurant in Los Angeles, Friday. Feb. 25, 2022. Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health and Human Services, told The Associated Press, Thursday, April 14, 2022, that California has no plans to impose new statewide pandemic restrictions despite an anticipated rise in coronavirus cases primarily due to a new highly transmissible omicron variant. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

White House: Virus surge is 'challenging' but an uptick in Paxlovid use is stalling disease

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Eric Clapton performs at Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 in New York on April 14, 2013. Clapton, a critic of coronavirus vaccines and pandemic restrictions, has tested positive for COVID-19 and canceled two upcoming European gigs. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Eric Clapton cancels shows after testing positive for COVID-19

Associated Press
Truckers gather at Hagerstown Speedway as the People's Convoy makes preparations in this Saturday, March 5, 2022, file photo, in Hagerstown, Md. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) ** FILE **

Trucker convoy returns to Maryland, eyes another Beltway protest

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, attends a meeting of ruling party Workers' Labor Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

Kim Jong-un blasts 'immaturity' of North Korea's response to the coronavirus

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dining room as the state increased measures to stop the spread of illness in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 16, 2022. North Korea on Wednesday, May 18, reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong-un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in handling the escalating COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

North Korea boasts COVID-19 recovery as WHO worries over missing data

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press
A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, right, and a vial of the vaccine for adults, which has a different colored label, at a vaccination station in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. U.S. regulators authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again are on the rise. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

FDA authorizes Pfizer booster shots for ages 5 to 11

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a graduation ceremony for Pace University at the USTA Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York, Monday, May 16, 2022. Pace held its largest graduation ceremony ever, not only hosting the current 2022 graduates but also the classes of 2020 and 2021, which were not allowed to hold graduation ceremonies previously due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Mayor Eric Adams urges New Yorkers to don COVID masks again

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, visits a pharmacy in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

North Korea stiffarms South's offer of aid as COVID crisis mounts

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
Youngstown City Health Department worker Faith Terreri grabs two at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out during a distribution event, Dec. 30, 2021, in Youngstown, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)

White House: Americans can order eight more COVID-19 tests for free

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A woman wearing a face mask rides a bicycle past stores closed for COVID-19 control at a shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Students protest as discontent rises over China's zero-COVID

By Ken Moritsugu and David Rising - Associated Press
A man walks through the lobby of Thomasville Regional Medical Center in Thomasville, Ala., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The hospital is among three in the nation that say they are missing out on federal pandemic relief money because they opened during or shortly before the COVID-19 crisis began. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

New U.S. hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money

By Jay Reeves - Associated Press
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies hearing, about the budget request for the National Institutes of Health, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dr. Fauci wouldn't keep White House post if Trump were reelected

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as they congregate at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 16, 2022. Kim blasted officials over slow medicine deliveries and ordered his military to respond to the surging but largely undiagnosed COVID-19 crisis that has left 1.2 million people ill with fever and 50 dead in a matter of days, state media said Monday. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea reports more COVID-19 deaths; Kim Jong-un blasts officials

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times
A resident past by a mobile test station during mass COVID-19 testing on Monday, May 16, 2022, in Shanghai. Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict lockdown, authorities said Monday, as the city moves toward reopening and economic data showed the gloomy impact of China's “zero-COVID" policy. (AP Photo/Chen Si)

Most of Shanghai has ended coronavirus spread; 1M left in lockdown

Associated Press

Recent Commentary Columns

President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, during a reception to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden's craven fear-mongering over COVID-19 is all about money

Bill Gates discusses his book "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Bill Gates has a mad scientist vision for global health control

Bill Gates discusses his book "How to Prevent the Next Pandemic" at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Bill Gates tees up COVID boosters forever

Steven Portnoy, CBS News White House correspondent and WHCA president, reacts while seated alongside President Joe Biden at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

COVID cases climb -- yawn!

Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Jan. 11, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Americans must demand pre-pandemic normalcy

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Fauci finally exposed as the hypocrite he truly is

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House complex in Washington, April 13, 2022. Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Kamala Harris just the latest COVID-19 vaccine failure

President Joe Biden appears with first lady Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny on the Blue Room balcony at the White House, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden and the bunnymen

Travelers queue up in long lines to pass through the south security checkpoint in Denver International Airport, Wednesday morning, June 16, 2021, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Democrats' dance with face mask stupid

Illustration on the effects of COVID-19 lockdowns by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Never forget, never repeat the draconian COVID-19 lockdown policies

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How the COVID-19 pandemic panic turned two weeks into two years

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