Hospitals Struggle to Contain Covid-19 Spread Inside Their Walls

Nationwide, hospitals have identified 5,142 coronavirus infections apparently acquired inside hospitals from May 14 to June 21, according to figures provided to The Wall Street Journal by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The figure could be higher; the reporting is voluntary. Those are just cases in patients. The CDC hasn’t publicly reported in-house infection of the staffs of hospitals. University of Illinois Hospital declined to say how many patient infections it thinks were transmitted internally