US Releases More Free Covid Tests During Stealth Virus Wave

The Biden administration has released another round of free at-home Covid-19 tests available through mail order.

Each US household is eligible for eight free tests at Covid.Gov/Tests, which will ship through the US Postal Service in two separate shipments. This is the third round of free tests since the program first launched in January. A second round became available in March. It comes as the US crosses the grim milestone of one million deaths since the pandemic began.

The widespread use of at-home tests has complicated public health officials’ ability to track the pandemic because people don’t always report positive ...