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One in eight hospital coronavirus cases 'caught on-site’
A study by King's College London of 10 hospital sites has found that thousands of patients are likely to have been infected with coronavirus in UK hospitals.
At least one in eight patients who had received hospital treatment for coronavirus had caught it on-site, which researchers are saying is a relatively low rate and shows there is effective infection control in place.
The researchers analysed data on 1,500 cases to 28 April, covering the peak in the UK. Only those who tested positive 15 days or more after admission were counted as hospital-acquired infections. If patients who tested positive after five to 14 days are included, the proportion increases to 23 per cent.
The study only looked at people who were being treated in hospital for coronavirus, so does not include the vast majority of people who caught the disease and either showed no illness or just recovered at home with no need for treatment.
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