The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority today (February 18) announced the following preliminary positive or positive COVID-19 patient cases detected via admission screening or testing:
| Hospital / Clinic | Number of patient(s) tested preliminarily positive / positive | Number of patient(s) identified as close contact(s) | Number of staff member(s) without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contact(s) |
| Ruttonjee Hospital | 1 | 2 | – |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 1 | 3 | – |
| Kowloon Hospital | 1 | 8 | – |
| Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital | 2 | – | – |
| United Christian Hospital | 1 | 1 | – |
| Caritas Medical Centre | 1 | 8 | – |
| Yan Chai Hospital | 3 | 4 | – |
| North District Hospital | 1 | 1 | – |
| Siu Lam Hospital | 1 | 7 | – |
The patients tested preliminarily positive or positive are being treated under isolation. Some patients, who have already been discharged, have been reported to the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) for follow up. The hospitals concerned have performed thorough cleaning and disinfection in the affected areas, and will continue to communicate with the CHP on the latest situation.
Regarding the nosocomial infections cases reported by individual hospitals earlier, more preliminarily positive or positive cases were detected after contact tracing and testing.
| Hospital / Clinic | Number of patient(s) tested preliminarily positive / positive | Number of staff tested preliminarily positive / positive |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital | 1 | 1 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 5 | 7 |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | – | 1 |
| Kowloon Hospital | 12 | – |
| TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital | 1 | – |
| Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital | 5 | 1 |
| Caritas Medical Centre | 5 | 3 |
| Kwai Chung Hospital | – | 4 |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 3 | 1 |
| North District Hospital | 1 | – |
| Shatin Hospital | 1 | – |
| Siu Lam Hospital | 13 | – |
Thorough cleaning and disinfection operation have been performed in the affected areas by hospitals. The hospitals will continue to closely monitor the health condition of patients and staff members and communicate with the Centre for Health Protection on the latest situation.
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