​The Hospital Authority today (September 29) 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
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	2	2	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	1	2	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	1	-
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital	1	2	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	2	3	-
Pok Oi Hospital	1	1	-

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The Hospital Authority today (September 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 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	1	3	-
Caritas Medical Centre	1	1	-

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The Hospital Authority today (September 26) 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
Queen Mary Hospital	1	1	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	3	9	-
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	1	2	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	1	-

​In addition, two staff members in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Prince of Wales Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on September 23. A hospital infection control team commenced a contact tracing investigation, and 16 more staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 in the past three days. The staff concerned are currently on sick leave and are undergoing isolation in stable condition. The hospital has arranged all staff members and patients in the ICU to undergo COVID-19 tests. All staff were equipped with appropriate personal protective equipment at work. No patients are classified as close contacts. The service in the ICU is unaffected.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 25) announced cluster of nosocomial COVID-19 infection case in public hospital.

The following is the statistic of cluster of nosocomial infection case in a public hospital:

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of staff members who tested positive
Castle Peak Hospital	-	1

Thorough cleaning and disinfection have been conducted in 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.

There have been no cases of patients tested positive via admission screening or testing with patients or staff members identified as close contacts reported in public hospitals today.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 24) 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
North District Hospital	1	1	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	1	3	-

The following are the statistics of cluster of nosocomial infection cases in a public hospital:

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of staff members who tested positive
Castle Peak Hospital	1	-

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The Hospital Authority today (September 23) 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
Tung Wah Hospital	1	1	-
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	1	2	-
Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital	1	1	-
United Christian Hospital	1	1	-
Caritas Medical Centre	1	2	-

The following are the statistics of cluster of nosocomial infection cases in a public hospital:

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of staff members who tested positive
Castle Peak Hospital	2	1

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The Hospital Authority today (September 22) 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
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital	1	1	-
Ruttonjee Hospital	1	1	-
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	2	2	-

The following are the statistics of a cluster of nosocomial infection cases in a public hospital:

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of staff members who tested positive
Castle Peak Hospital	4	2

In addition, an 87-year-old female patient in an orthopaedics and traumatology ward of Caritas Medical Centre developed a fever and cough, and tested positive for COVID-19 on September 19. The hospital commenced a contact tracing investigation. Six more female patients, aged 49 to 94, and six staff members tested positive. The hospital is investigating the linkage among the cases concerned. Seven patients are being treated in isolation and are in stable condition.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 21) 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
Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals	1	2	-
Princess Margaret Hospital	1	2	-
Castle Peak Hospital	1	1	-
Pok Oi Hospital	1	2	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	2	6	-

The following are the statistics of a cluster of nosocomial infection cases in a public hospital:

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of staff members who tested positive
Castle Peak Hospital	5	2

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The Hospital Authority today (September 20) 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
Queen Mary Hospital	1	1	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	1	1	-
United Christian Hospital	1	2	-
Caritas Medical Centre	1	1	-
Kwai Chung Hospital	1	2	-
North Lantau Hospital	1	2	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	3	6	-

In addition, a staff member of a male ward for intellectual disabilities at Castle Peak Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on September 16. The hospital commenced a contact tracing investigation. Three more male patients tested positive. The hospital is investigating the linkage among the cases concerned. Three patients are being treated in isolation and are in stable condition.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 19) 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
Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals	1	2	-
Yan Chai Hospital	1	2	-
Caritas Medical Centre	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	1	2	-
Pok Oi Hospital	1	2	-

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The Hospital Authority today (September 18) 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
Queen Mary Hospital	1	1	-
Kowloon Hospital	1	1	-
United Christian Hospital	2	2	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	1	-

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The Hospital Authority today (September 16) 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
Queen Mary Hospital	2	4	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	1	1	-
United Christian Hospital	1	2	-
Caritas Medical Centre	2	5	-
Princess Margaret Hospital	1	1	-
Yan Chai Hospital	1	8	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	2	4	-

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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/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
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital	3	3	-
Queen Mary Hospital	1	2	-
Tseung Kwan O Hospital	2	4	-
Princess Margaret Hospital	1	1	-
Yan Chai Hospital	1	2	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	1	-
North District Hospital	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	2	4	-

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.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 14) 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
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	3	5	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	5	10	-
Pok Oi Hospital	1	3	-

In addition, a 90-year-old female patient in a medicine and geriatrics rehabilitation ward of Caritas Medical Centre tested positive for COVID-19 via pre-discharge testing on September 9. The hospital commenced a contact tracing investigation. Two more female patients, aged 84 and 92, also tested positive. The hospital is investigating the linkage among the cases concerned. Three patients are being treated in isolation. One patient is in serious condition due to her underlying medical illness while the other two patients are in stable condition. The hospital has arranged viral tests for the patients of the ward concerned and they have all tested negative so far. Environmental samples have been taken from the ward.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 13) 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
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital	1	1	-
Ruttonjee Hospital	1	2	-
Kowloon Hospital	1	1	-
Yan Chai Hospital	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	1	3	-

In addition, four female patients, aged 69 to 94, in a Department of Rehabilitation and Extended Care ward of TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday (September 12). All four patients are being treated under isolation and are in stable condition.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 12) 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
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	1	2	-
Pok Oi Hospital	1	1	-

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The Hospital Authority today (September 11) 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
Kwong Wah Hospital	2	3	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	1	1	-
Tin Shui Wai Hospital	1	2	-

In addition, a 63-year-old male patient in a respiratory medical ward of Kowloon Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on September 9. The hospital commenced a contact tracing investigation. Two more male patients, aged 84, also tested positive. All three patients are being treated under isolation and are in stable condition.

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The Hospital Authority today (September 10) 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
Tseung Kwan O Hospital	1	6	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	2	2	-

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The Hospital Authority today (September 9) 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
Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital/Queen Elizabeth Hospital	1	3	-
Kwong Wah Hospital	2	3	-

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
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	1	-
Princess Margaret Hospital	-	1
Siu Lam Hospital	1	-

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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:

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.

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