Data analysis has been crucial to better understanding, tracking and preventing the spread of covid-19. The Economist's data journalists give an insider’s steer on how their analysis and presentation of data has shaped our coverage of the pandemic.

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Find all our coverage on the coronavirus pandemic here: https://econ.st/3tquOwb

See our covid-19 risk estimator: https://econ.st/3ldTjK6

How this risk model estimates odds of hospitalisation and death: https://econ.st/3bEvwQ8

Find out how we built our covid-19 risk estimator: https://econ.st/3bHM75u

See our covid-19 excess death tracker: https://econ.st/3ldTLIi

New data show that leading covid-19 vaccines have similarly high efficacy: https://econ.st/3la5S96

Evidence from Britain shows the vaccines are very effective: https://econ.st/38yh0rm

The same covid-19 mutations are appearing in different places: https://econ.st/3cuqWDv

How the pandemic triggered America’s first female recession in 50 years: https://econ.st/30G4bGQ