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Hospital Authority announces positive patient cases detected via admission screening or testing and clusters of nosocomial COVID-19 infections
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority today (March 3) 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 who identified as close contacts Number of staff members without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contacts
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital 2 2 -
Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok 3 2 -
Queen Mary Hospital 3 3 -
Tung Wah Hospital 1 1 -
Kowloon Hospital 11 14 -
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital 6 5 -
United Christian Hospital 5 15 -
Tseung Kwan O Hospital 3 4 -
Princess Margaret Hospital 7 9 -
Caritas Medical Centre 6 12 -
Yan Chai Hospital 4 11 -
Prince of Wales Hospital 1 3 -
Shatin Hospital 2 2 -
Tuen Mun Hospital 6 39 -
Pok Oi Hospital 2 9 -
Castle Peak Hospital 1 6 -
 
     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 3 1
Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok 1 -
Queen Mary Hospital 4 1
Grantham Hospital 1 -
TWGHs Fung Yiu King Hospital 1 -
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital 5 -
TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital 1 -
United Christian Hospital 10 -
Tseung Kwan O Hospital 5 -
Haven of Hope Hospital 2 -
Princess Margaret Hospital 9 -
Caritas Medical Centre 3 -
Yan Chai Hospital 2 -
Kwai Chung Hospital 8 -
Prince of Wales Hospital 4 -
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital 5 -
Tai Po Hospital 1 -
Cheshire Home, Shatin 4 -
Tuen Mun Hospital 3 -
Pok Oi Hospital 4 2
Castle Peak Hospital 10 -
Siu Lam Hospital 10 -
 
     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/Thursday, March 3, 2022
Issued at HKT 17:55
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