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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 (July 27) 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
United Christian Hospital 1 1 -
Tuen Mun Hospital 1 1 -
 
     The following are the statistics of clusters of nosocomial infection cases in public hospitals:
 
Hospital/clinic Number of patients who
tested positive
Number of staff members who tested positive
Shatin Hospital - 1
 
     Thorough cleaning and disinfection have been conducted for the wards concerned. The hospitals will continue to monitor the health condition of patients and staff members closely, and communicate with the Centre for Health Protection on the latest situation.
 
Ends/Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Issued at HKT 17:35
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