Hospital Authority announces positive patient cases detected via admission screening or testing and clusters of nosocomial COVID-19 infections
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hospital Authority today (March 11) 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 identified as close contacts | Number of staff members without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contacts |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital | 5 | 6 | – |
| Tung Wah Eastern Hospital | 1 | 12 | – |
| Queen Mary Hospital | 2 | 5 | – |
| Tung Wah Hospital | 1 | 2 | – |
| Grantham Hospital | 1 | 3 | – |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 1 | 4 | – |
| Kowloon Hospital | 16 | 23 | – |
| United Christian Hospital | 2 | 5 | – |
| Tseung Kwan O Hospital | 7 | 8 | – |
| Princess Margaret Hospital | 17 | 30 | – |
| Caritas Medical Centre | 14 | 2 | – |
| Yan Chai Hospital | 2 | 1 | – |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 2 | 3 | – |
| Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital | 2 | 2 | – |
| North District Hospital | 1 | 1 | – |
| Tuen Mun Hospital | 3 | 3 | – |
| Pok Oi Hospital | 1 | 1 | – |
| Castle Peak Hospital | 1 | 9 | – |
| Siu Lam Hospital | 7 | 4 | – |
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 |
| Ruttonjee Hospital | 9 | – |
| Wong Chuk Hang Hospital | 1 | – |
| Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok | 8 | – |
| Queen Mary Hospital | 1 | – |
| Grantham Hospital | 2 | – |
| TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital | 5 | – |
| Tseung Kwan O Hospital | 3 | – |
| Haven of Hope Hospital | 7 | – |
| Princess Margaret Hospital | 2 | – |
| Caritas Medical Centre | 2 | – |
| Yan Chai Hospital | 6 | – |
| Kwai Chung Hospital | 5 | 1 |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 3 | – |
| Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital | 1 | – |
| Tai Po Hospital | 5 | – |
| North District Hospital | 1 | – |
| Tuen Mun Hospital | 10 | – |
| Castle Peak Hospital | 5 | – |
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.