The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority today (March 12) 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	1	1	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	4	5	-
Kowloon Hospital	3	4	-
United Christian Hospital	4	16	-
Tseung Kwan O Hospital	6	6	-
Princess Margaret Hospital	8	11	-
Yan Chai Hospital	1	7	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	4	4	-
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital	2	4	-
Tai Po Hospital	1	3	-
Shatin Hospital	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	7	7	-
Pok Oi Hospital	1	1	-

  
     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	10	-
Wong Chuk Hang Hospital	2	-
Queen Mary Hospital	1	-
Kowloon Hospital	9	-
Tseung Kwan O Hospital	1	-
Haven of Hope Hospital	2	-
Princess Margaret Hospital	2	-
Yan Chai Hospital	1	-
Kwai Chung Hospital	8	1
Prince of Wales Hospital	5	-
North District Hospital	1	-
Castle Peak Hospital	3	-

 
     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.

Ends/Saturday, March 12, 2022
Issued at HKT 20:45

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