Hospital Authority announces positive patient cases detected via admission screening or testing and nosocomial COVID-19 infections
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The Hospital Authority today (June 28) 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 nosocomial infection cases in public hospitals:
| Hospital/clinic | Number of patients who tested positive |
Number of staff members who tested positive |
| United Christian Hospital | 1 | - |
Thorough cleaning and disinfection operations have been performed in the affected areas by the hospital. The hospital will continue to closely monitor the health condition of staff members and patients, and communicate with the Centre for Health Protection on the latest situation.
There have been no patients who tested positive via admission screening or by testing in public hospitals with patients or staff members identified as close contacts reported in public hospitals today.
Ends/Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:15
Issued at HKT 18:15
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