The Hospital Authority today (September 8) 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:
The following are the statistics of clusters of nosocomial infection cases in public hospitals:
In addition, an 80-year-old female patient in a medicine and geriatrics ward of Princess Margaret Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on September 7. The hospital commenced contact tracing investigation and has identified three more female patients, aged 21 to 91, who stayed with the patient in the same cubicle and also tested positive. All four patients are being treated under isolation. One patient is in critical condition while the other three patients are in stable condition.
Please refer to the press release for details
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 |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 2 | 2 | - |
| Tin Shui Wai Hospital | 1 | 2 | - |
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 |
| Siu Lam Hospital | - | 1 |
In addition, an 80-year-old female patient in a medicine and geriatrics ward of Princess Margaret Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on September 7. The hospital commenced contact tracing investigation and has identified three more female patients, aged 21 to 91, who stayed with the patient in the same cubicle and also tested positive. All four patients are being treated under isolation. One patient is in critical condition while the other three patients are in stable condition.
Please refer to the press release for details