| Mitigation strategy | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population (2016)2 | No mitigation | Close schools, universities | Case isolation | Case isolation, household quarantine | Case isolation, household quarantine, social distancing of people over 70 | |
| ICU beds needed per 100 000 population1 | — | 275 | 240 | 190 | 125 | 90 |
| ICU beds need, by LHD | ||||||
| Sydney | 656 460 | 1805 | 1576 | 1247 | 821 | 591 |
| South Western Sydney | 964 342 | 2652 | 2314 | 1832 | 1205 | 868 |
| South Eastern Sydney | 914 021 | 514 | 2194 | 1737 | 1143 | 823 |
| Western Sydney | 948 584 | 2609 | 2277 | 1802 | 1186 | 854 |
| Northern Sydney | 914 233 | 2514 | 2194 | 1737 | 1143 | 823 |
| Illawarra Shoalhaven | 405 534 | 1115 | 973 | 771 | 507 | 365 |
| Central Coast | 335 309 | 922 | 805 | 637 | 419 | 302 |
| Other LHDs | 2 600 791 | 7152 | 6242 | 4942 | 3251 | 2341 |
| All NSW (proportion of baseline bed number)* | 7 739 274 | 21 283 (2435%) | 18 574 (2125%) | 14 705 (1682%) | 9674 (1107%) | 6965 (797%) |
*
Estimated number of ICU beds prior to COVID‐19 epidemic: 874.3