The NSW Health Critical Intelligence Unit provides rapid, evidence-based advice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its operations focus on systems intelligence, clinical intelligence and evidence integration.
Daily Evidence Digest
A summary of new evidence and reports from international sources each day.
Subscribe to the daily digest by emailing NSWH-CriticalIntelligenceUnit@health.nsw.gov.au
COVID-19 Monitor
The COVID-19 Monitor provides a snapshot of topical data and graphs – drawn from international and national sources. The content changes in line with emerging themes and current areas of debate and discussion.
23 Sep 2021 - COVID-19 vaccines, cases, hospitalisations, deaths and variants (PDF 1966 KB)
Risk Monitoring Dashboard
A weekly dashboard focusing on transmission risk in healthcare settings. The dashboard brings together data on cases, clusters, the public health response, and the impact of COVID-19 on the workforce. An expert panel reviews the dashboard and assigns a risk rating. For details on infection prevention and control recommendations, please refer to the CEC framework.
Living Evidence
High level summaries of key studies and emerging evidence, reviewed daily and updated as soon as new evidence and information is published.
Evidence Check
A rapid review outlining the available evidence on a discrete topic or question relating to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence includes grey and peer review literature.
Recently published or updated
- COVID-19 vaccines in Australia - AstraZeneca and Pfizer (PDF 181 KB)
- Organisation of emergency departments during COVID-19 (PDF 373 KB)
- Furloughing staff following exposure to COVID-19 (PDF 624 KB)
- COVID-19 vaccines and fertility (PDF 182 KB)
Contact us
If you have a question or would like to contact the Critical Intelligence Unit please email: NSWH-CriticalIntelligenceUnit@health.nsw.gov.au
Enquiries from journalists please email: ACI-Media@health.nsw.gov.au