Hospital Authority announces positive patient cases detected via admission screening or testing and clusters of nosocomial COVID-19 infections

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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority today (March 2) announced information regarding patients who tested positive via admission screening or testing with patients or staff members identified as close contacts and nosocomial COVID-19 infection cases:
      
     The following are the statistics of patients who tested positive via admission screening or by testing in public hospitals with patients or staff members identified as close contacts.
 

Hospital/clinic Number of patients who tested positive Number of patients who identified as close contacts Number of staff members without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contacts
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital 4 12
Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals 2 2
Queen Mary Hospital 4 7
Grantham Hospital 1 2
Tung Wah Hospital 2 2
Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1 1
Kwong Wah Hospital 5 7
Kowloon Hospital 8 2
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital 1 1
United Christian Hospital 3 19
Tseung Kwan O Hospital 4 6
Princess Margaret Hospital 9 19
Caritas Medical Centre 12 13
Yan Chai Hospital 2 4
Prince of Wales Hospital 4 4
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital 2 3
Tai Po Hospital 1 1
North District Hospital 2 3
Tuen Mun Hospital 3 25
Pok Oi Hospital 2 3
Castle Peak Hospital 3 14

     â€‹The following are the statistics of nosocomial infection cases in public hospitals.
 

Hospital/clinic Number of patients who
tested positive
Number of staff members who tested positive
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital 1
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital 10 4
Queen Mary Hospital 11 1
Grantham Hospital 1
MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre 1
TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital 1
Kwong Wah Hospital 13
Kowloon Hospital 6 10
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital 1
Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital 8
TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital 6
United Christian Hospital 7
Tseung Kwan O Hospital 5
Haven of Hope Hospital 15
Princess Margaret Hospital 14
Caritas Medical Centre 7 3
Yan Chai Hospital 1 4
Kwai Chung Hospital 1 1
Prince of Wales Hospital 6
Tai Po Hospital 1
North District Hospital 8
Shatin Hospital 3
Cheshire Home, Shatin 9
Tuen Mun Hospital 12 7
Pok Oi Hospital 4
Siu Lam Hospital 7

 
     Thorough cleaning and disinfection operations 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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