The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority today (February 26) 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	6	7	-
Ruttonjee Hospital	2	4	-
Grantham Hospital	2	6	-
Tung Wah Hospital	2	3	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	7	19	-
Kowloon Hospital	1	1	-
United Christian Hospital	2	10	4
Princess Margaret Hospital	15	34	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	3	-
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital	1	1	-
North District Hospital	1	2	-
Shatin Hospital	1	2	-

 
     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	2	-
Queen Mary Hospital	1	-
Grantham Hospital	4	1
Tung Wah Hospital	1	-
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	7	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	1	-
Kowloon Hospital	19	5
Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital	4	-
United Christian Hospital	9	-
Haven of Hope Hospital	1	-
Princess Margaret Hospital	16	-
Caritas Medical Centre	2	2
Yan Chai Hospital	9	4
Kwai Chung Hospital	24	2
Prince of Wales Hospital	8	-
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital	5	-
Shatin Hospital	1	-
Pok Oi Hospital	1	2
Siu Lam Hospital	15	-

 
     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/Saturday, February 26, 2022
Issued at HKT 21:44

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