Hospital Authority announces positive patient cases detected via admission screening or testing and clusters of nosocomial COVID-19 infections
******************************************************************************************
The Hospital Authority today (February 27) announced information regarding patients who tested positive via admission screening or testing 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.
| 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 | 4 | - |
| Ruttonjee Hospital | 5 | 5 | - |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 1 | 2 | - |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 8 | 15 | - |
| TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital | 3 | 4 | - |
| United Christian Hospital | 6 | 9 | - |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 3 | 3 | - |
| Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital | 3 | 3 | - |
| Castle Peak Hospital | 2 | 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 |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital | 6 | - |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | - | 3 |
| Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital | 5 | - |
| TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital | 4 | - |
| United Christian Hospital | 7 | - |
| Princess Margaret Hospital | 2 | - |
| Yan Chai Hospital | 4 | 2 |
| Kwai Chung Hospital | 5 | 4 |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 16 | - |
| Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital | 2 | - |
| North District Hospital | 1 | - |
| Shatin Hospital | 3 | - |
| Tuen Mun Hospital | 10 | - |
| Siu Lam Hospital | 2 | - |
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/Sunday, February 27, 2022
Issued at HKT 19:30
Issued at HKT 19:30
NNNN