It is known that every self-dual binary code which is not doubly even is a "child" of a doubly even parent. It will be shown that an

child of an

doubly even parent has covering radius

. Every extremal doubly even

code has covering radius

and every extremal doubly even

code has covering radius

. The complete coset weight distribution of the

quadratic residue code is given, as well as bounds or exact values for the covering radii of all extremai doubly even codes of length less than or equal to

.