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 on day 8 or thereafter. 

NHSEngland were unable to answer our question. We were redirected to websites and had to do complex estimations of the prevalence. Our estimates suggest 112,628 HAIs occurred in English hospitals in England from 12 August 2020 to 14 August 2022.