Source: GovHK

The Hospital Authority today (September 15) 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/clinicNumber of patients who tested positiveNumber of patients identified as close contactsNumber of staff members without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contacts
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital33-
Queen Mary Hospital12-
Tseung Kwan O Hospital24-
Princess Margaret Hospital11-
Yan Chai Hospital12-
Prince of Wales Hospital11-
North District Hospital11-
Tuen Mun Hospital24-

In addition, an 86-year-old male patient in a medical and geriatric ward of Pok Oi Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on September 13. The hospital commenced contact tracing investigation. Three more male patients, aged 66 to 90, also tested positive. The hospital is investigating the linkage among the cases concerned. The four patients are being treated under isolation with stable condition.

Please refer to the press release for details