Hospital Authority announces preliminary positive or 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 (February 17) 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) |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital | 4 | 5 | – |
| Tung Wah Eastern Hospital | 1 | 3 | – |
| Queen Mary Hospital | 4 | 36 | 2 |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 3 | 3 | – |
| Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital | 4 | 12 | – |
| Hong Kong Children's Hospital | 1 | – | 1 |
| Caritas Medical Centre | 2 | 2 | – |
| Kwai Chung Hospital | 1 | – | – |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 2 | 15 | – |
| North District Hospital | 1 | 7 | – |
| Tuen Mun Hospital | 3 | 6 | – |
| Pok Oi Hospital | 2 | 11 | – |
| Castle Peak Hospital | 1 | 1 | – |
| Siu Lam Hospital | 2 | 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 preliminary positive or positive cases were detected after contact tracing and testing.
| Hospital / Clinic | Number of patient(s) tested preliminarily positive / positive | Number of staff member(s) tested preliminarily positive / positive |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital | – | 1 |
| Ruttonjee Hospital | 2 | – |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 6 | 1 |
| Kowloon Hospital | 20 | 3 |
| TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital | 1 | – |
| Princess Margaret Hospital | 1 | – |
| Caritas Medical Centre | – | 2 |
| North Lantau Hospital | – | 4 |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 7 | 3 |
| North District Hospital | 2 | – |
| Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital | 1 | – |
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.