Topic Collection: COVID-19 Information and Peer-Reviewed Resources

This page includes links to various COVID-19 information management resources, including those related to health care data for emergency medical services, clinical encounters, public health reporting, laboratories, and geospatial data.

This tool assesses the risk of individuals not currently infected with COVID-19 of dying from the disease, based on selected demographic and socio-economic factors.

This page aggregates tools useful for professionals working in healthcare settings responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tools are organized into categories: overall hospital management, ICU tools related to respiratory issues, ARDS and ECMO, and inflammation and thrombosis; and scarce resource allocation.

This report identifies seven data types (confirmed cases, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, reported confirmed COVID-19 deaths, excess deaths, fraction of viral tests that are positive, and representative prevalence surveys) and suggests they be assessed using five criteria (representativeness, bias, time, space, and uncertainty, measurement and sampling error).

This guide assists health officials determine critical functionalities needed for case investigations and contact tracing, technological options, and issues of implementation in adopting technologies.

This fact sheet summarizes information about SARS-CoV-2 viral composition, COVID-19 clinical factors, immune responses and outcomes, nucleic acid and protein tests, performance comparison of different test types, and other related details. It also includes a list of tests cleared by the Food and Drug Administrations.

This data visualization tool allows users to see state-specific trends by month in number of discharges, in-hospital mortality rate, and average length of hospital stay for COVID-19 and other conditions based on data from states participating in the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP).

This resource links to and describes various models developed to forecast the COVID-19 pandemic and relevant effects on the healthcare system. Models are categorized as case projection and capacity planning, community vulnerability maps, and case mapping and projection tools. The page is updated with new models as needed.

This page includes links to various CDC data products, including COVIDView (weekly surveillance summary of U.S. COVID-19 activity), COVID Data Tracker (total number of U.S. cases and deaths, cases and deaths by county, social impact, school closures), Patient Impact and Hospital Capacity Pathway (number of facilities reporting by state, percent of inpatient beds occupied, percent of intensive care unit beds occupied), and COVID-NET (laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 associated hospitalizations).

This resource page displays data reporting by certified Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities. Users may view individual facility data as well as view maps of total resident cases and deaths by state and resident cases and deaths per 1,000 residents by state.

This interactive map displays states as red, yellow, or green based on how well they meet the White House gating criteria for reopening.

This interactive map of real-time COVID-19 indicators displays intensity of activity and seven-day trends at the state, metropolitan area, and county levels. Indicators are based on data from doctor visits, self-reported symptom surveys by Facebook and Google, Google searches on COVID-19 topics, and requests for influenza testing reported by Quidel.

This map identifies COVID-19 testing sites across the U.S. The color-coded map indicates the type of testing available at each site: molecular, antibody, antigen, a combination of types, or unknown. Users can click on each site for additional information, including testing requirements and directions to the site.

This map shows worldwide, U.S., state, and county-level risk levels for COVID-19 based on the seven day moving average of daily new cases per 100,000 people. Jurisdictions are color-coded to indicate whether they are on track for containment (green), have community spread (yellow), have accelerated spread (orange), or are at a tipping point (red).

This page models projections on demands of hospital resources (all beds, intensive care unit beds, and invasive ventilators) and deaths by state or country assuming current social distancing is maintained until COVID-19 infections are minimized and containment is implemented.

This data dashboard shows reported COVID-19 deaths by country and by U.S. state and territory. The U.S. charts also show daily reported death data for states and territories by growth phase.

This dashboard includes an interactive global map (cumulative confirmed cases, active cases, incidence rate, case-fatality ratio, testing rate) along with data on global cases, global deaths, US state level deaths/recovered. Additional pages display an interactive US map, critical trends, Data in Motion and tracking home page.

This page features graphics and interactives with accompanying analysis related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visualizations include: interactive maps (urban and rural differences in hospital bed capacity, Medicaid emergency authorities by state, number of ICU beds by county, confirmed cases and deaths, cases and deaths by race and ethnicity, adults at higher risk of serious illness if infected), charts and infographics (long-term care workforce characteristics, potential inpatient COVID-19 treatment costs, nursing facility indicators, state policy actions, telehealth for older adults), and polling and survey data.

This page offers interactive data visualizations of pathogen phylogenies by geographic location.

This page – updated daily – offers infographics and data visualizations to explain the COVID-19 pandemic.

This map allows users to view the forecasted impact of COVID-19 on every county in the United States. The model is based on the number of licensed hospital beds and critical care staff within a 40 minute drive, the percentage of the population age 65 and older, the county's score based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Social Vulnerability Index, and data from the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's COVID-19 model.

This resource page includes several data products to improve understanding of the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic. Included are a U.S. COVID-19 community vulnerability index, social distancing tracker, analysis of nurses' tweets during the pandemic, and an Africa COVID-19 community vulnerability index.

The COVID Tracking Project is a volunteer organization launched by The Atlantic to collect U.S. data on COVID-19 testing and patient outcomes. The page provides data by state on number of tests completed, hospitalizations, intensive care unit patients, patients on ventilators, patients who have recovered, and deaths. It also provides grades on the quality of each state’s data.

This website compiles, visualizes and provides downloadable data about numbers of COVID-19 cases occurring in long term care facilities, by U.S. state.

GeoHEALTH is ASPR's secure Geographic Information System (GIS) based, electronic, interactive mapping application. This application incorporates information from other federal and public agencies (e.g., NOAA, USGS and NGOs) into a single visual environment for enhanced situational awareness, assessment, and management of resources for planning, response to natural, man-made or pandemic events. This system supports functions such as policy analysis, planning, course of action comparison, incident management, and training.

This page offers data visualizations of the relationship between the number of COVID-19 cases and the stringency of the country’s response measures by date via an interactive chart and heat map.

This map shows county level data on the total number of hospital beds and unoccupied hospital beds per 1,000 people based on data from the 2018 American Hospital Association Annual Survey.

BMJ offers free access to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 related articles in its journals as well as guidance and best practices.

This is a special collection of systematic reviews related to critical care of patients with severe acute respiratory infections. Reviews are available in English, Simplified Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia, Czech, Farsi, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

This is a special collection of systematic reviews related to COVID-19 infection prevention. Reviews are available in English, Simplified Chinese, Bahasa Malaysia, Czech, Farsi, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Congressional Research Service reports related to COVID-19 are listed on this page under the categories of: global issues, public health, economic impacts on individuals, impacts on business and the U.S. economy, executive branch response, congressional response and legislation, and legal analyses.

This page provides free access to journal articles related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2. It also provides clinical information and patient resources.

This webpage offers summaries of key literature relevant to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Oxford University Press offers free access to its journal articles and other resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Science offers free access to its COVID-19 related articles.

Springer Nature offers free access to its journal articles and other resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This web page provides links to 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) content from all Lancet journals as it is published.

The New England Journal of Medicine offers free access to its COVID-19 pandemic related journal articles as well as clinical reports, management guidelines, and commentary.

Wiley offers free access to its COVID-19 pandemic related journal articles and book chapters.

Wolters Kluwer offers free access to its various resource updates, clinical effectiveness resources, journal articles, and other tools related to COVID-19. Some resources require registration.

This page includes links to information to track the spread of COVID-19, guidelines and recommendations, webinars, policy and practice updates, survey results, and infectious disease updates.

This page includes COVID-19 information for gastroenterologists and gastroenterology care providers. Resources include clinical guidance, articles, patient handouts, webinars, policy and practice information, research, and media coverage.

The AHA curated website contains links to tools, resources and developments related to COVID-19.

This page offers resources to support physicians in their response to COVID-19.

This page includes various resources to assist nurses responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This page includes fact sheets and other communications materials, recordings from a webinar series, and other resources to help public health professionals respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This page includes articles, tools, videos, and guidance to assist healthcare facilities in modifying and maintaining critical operations including air quality, safety and security, and infection prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This page provides information to veterinarians about COVID-19, how to protect their teams while providing patient care, government relief that may be available to veterinary practices, managing the business impacts of the pandemic, and support for personal wellbeing.

This page provides information on COVID-19 testing and how public health laboratories are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ASTHO COVID-19 Response Hub provides State or Territory data on State of Emergency Declarations and links to the State/Territorial COVID-19 Websites & Hotlines, Elective Medical Procedure Guidance, and Testing Prioritization Guidance. The ASTHO website also includes COVID-19 resources for State/Territorial health officials. Access at https://coronavirus-astho.hub.arcgis.com/. Access ASTHO-developed COVID-19 Resources at https://astho.org/COVID-19/ASTHO-Resources/ *

This web page includes situation reports, fact sheets, analysis, connections to experts, and links to key resources related to COVID-19.

The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) tracks news and scientific literature and provides analysis on COVID-19 related topics.

This page includes links to resources and updates to assist hospitals responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This resource page includes information on infection control in healthcare settings, clinical protocols and guidelines, publications and news articles, open access courses, and Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) alerts.

This webpage provides a Directory of Local Health Departments (LHD) and COVID-19 virtual community resources, available to LHD members, to share resources around COVID-19 and best practices. All local health officials and Preparedness Coordinators have access. Access the Directory at https://www.naccho.org/membership/lhd-directory *

The National Emerging Special Pathogen Training and Education Center (NETEC) created this page to share COVID-19 related resources. The page provides key situation updates, links to guidance, and access to education and training courses, preparedness tools, and clinical and research resources.

The National Governors Association (NGA) Coronavirus webpage provides current information on what actions States/Territories have taken to address coronavirus, including a State Action Tracking Chart and detailed actions taken by governors and state and territorial leaders to date in response to COVID-19. Emergency declarations, Major Disaster Declarations, Executive Orders issued to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Waivers are included with links to source documents. NGA Memos share strategies, examples, and resources on a range of COVID-19 issues. Access the State Action Tracking Chart at https://www.nga.org/coronavirus/#glance *. Access detailed State/Territorial Resource Pages and State Actions at https://www.nga.org/coronavirus/#actions* Access NGA Memos at https://www.nga.org/coronavirus/#memos*

This page includes links to COVID-19 related resources for healthcare organizations and providers on: personal protective equipment, ventilators and other respiratory support, staffing and telehealth, ambulatory health care, behavioral health care, home care, hospitals, laboratory services, nursing care centers, and staff health and wellbeing.

This private sector coalition of healthcare organization, technology firms, nonprofit organizations, academia, and startups collects data, literature, best practices, and other resources in a searchable library.

This webpage offers a searchable, open-source database of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 publications, clinical trials, protocols, datasets, and epidemiology data.

This page displays information on federally-funded clinical studies related to COVID-19.

PubMed Central is a digital archive of peer-reviewed biomedical and life sciences literature. This search page displays articles related to COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2.

This database includes information on state-level policies enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A collaboration of research groups created this dataset of research literature from peer-reviewed journals and archival sources related to COVID-19.

This interactive page provides information on protocols, tools, and resources in the research areas of therapeutic trials, disease characterization, social science, diagnostics, ethics and community engagement, vaccines, and health systems.

This searchable database includes meta-analyses, literature syntheses, and clinical guidelines from reliable sources related to COVID-19.

This page includes a database – updated daily – of global literature on COVID-19. Records may be searched by text or filtered by the main subject, type of study, language, source journal, or clinical aspect.