COVID 19 acquired in UK hospitals - what does it all mean?
A large proportion of COVID 19 hospital cases were acquired in hospital
Let’s recap what we found based on the data provided by the public health bodies.
In Wales, nearly half (45%) of the COVID-19 tests in hospital were positive after day 8 of admission (18% were beyond 30 days of admission).
In Scotland, 24% of those testing positive in a hospital were on day 8 or thereafter. In Northern Ireland, one-third (33%) occurred…