The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Decrease in infections fuels hopes the Christmas wave of the virus has peaked

The number of Scots estimated to have Covid-19 has fallen, figures from ONS show

Cases have dropped significantly, but it will take weeks to ease current pressures facing hospitals

The Covid-19 booster campaign was accelerated at the end of the year but less than a third of people have received their most recent jab

Levels have dropped by nearly a third since the start of the month.

A new coronavirus variant is circulating, the most transmissible one yet. Hospitalizations of infected patients are rising. And older adults represent nearly 90% of U.S. deaths from COVID-19 in recent months, the largest portion since the start of the pandemic.

Future COVID-19 variants and outbreaks would be best managed by ongoing vaccination and the quicker scaling up of restrictions, according to new research published in the Lancet Regional Health — Western Pacific journal.

There were 806 new reported cases of COVID in the ACT.

Children have been hit especially hard by the early-onset flu season, according to a study from Tennessee that raises concerns about U.S. immunization rates following the pandemic-fueled trend of vaccine hesitancy.

The latest Australian COVID-19 data on cases, hospitalisations and deaths shows the number of cases are still decreasing.

At-home rapid tests have become a staple of COVID-19 precautions, but some experts worry that people are relying too much on these tests and that's creating a false sense of security.