Hospital Authority announces positive patient cases detected via admission screening or testing and clusters of nosocomial COVID-19 infections
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The Hospital Authority today (February 20) announced the patients tested positive via admission screening or testing and nosocomial COVID-19 infection cases:
The following is the statistics of patients tested positive via admission screening or testing in public hospitals.
| Hospital / Clinic | Number of patient(s) tested 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 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 11 | 3 | - |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 1 | 1 | - |
| Kowloon Hospital | 1 | 1 | - |
| United Christian Hospital | 1 | 3 | - |
| Tseung Kwan O Hospital | 1 | 1 | - |
| Princess Margaret Hospital | 2 | 2 | - |
| North District Hospital | 2 | 3 | - |
| Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital | 1 | 1 | - |
The following is the statistics of nosocomial infection cases in public hospitals.
| Hospital / Clinic | Number of patient(s) tested positive | Number of staff member(s) tested positive |
| Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital | 1 | 1 |
| Tung Wah Hospital | 5 | 6 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 6 | 3 |
| Kwong Wah Hospital | 10 | 11 |
| Kowloon Hospital | 13 | 4 |
| TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital | 1 | 0 |
| Haven of Hope Hospital | 1 | 0 |
| Princess Margaret Hospital | 6 | 2 |
| Caritas Medical Centre | 1 | 1 |
| Prince of Wales Hospital | 2 | 2 |
| North District Hospital | 4 | 0 |
| Shatin Hospital | 2 | 0 |
Besides, two male patients aged 83 and 58 in a medical and geriatric ward of Pok Oi Hospital tested positive to COVID-19 on February 17 and February 18 respectively. The hospital's infection control team has conducted contact tracing for the ward immediately. Twenty male patients aged 25 to 96 and ten staff members were found preliminarily positive. All patients and staff members are in stable condition. The team will continue to conduct investigation according to the established guidelines. Admission to the ward concerned had been suspended.
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.
Ends/Sunday, February 20, 2022
Issued at HKT 22:20
Issued at HKT 22:20
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