Kenya has recorded a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases, after 141 people were confirmed with the virus in the last 24 hours. – By Gerald Gekara.
The cumulative tests are now 100,193 since March 15, 2020 when the first case was reported.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe outlined the death of six patients, jolting the cumulative fatalities to 1,750.
1,162,491 cumulative tests have been conducted so far.
CS Kagwe further said 81 of the cases were males and 60 females, with the youngest being a one-year-old child while the oldest is 87. 121 are Kenyans while 20 are foreigners.
Nairobi leads in terms of new cases, with (87), Kilifi (8), Kwale (7), Taita Taveta (6), Siaya (5), Nyeri (4), Uasin Gishu (3), Kericho (3), Mombasa (3), Nakuru (3), Garissa (2), Turkana (2), Kiambu (2), Kisumu (2), while Machakos, Makueni, Murang’a and Bungoma each recorded (1) case.
207 patients have recovered from the disease. 192 are from the Home-Based Isolation and Care while 15 are from our various facilities. The total recoveries now stand at 83,625.
500 patients are currently admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 1,340 are on home-based care.
25 patients are in the intensive care unit, 14 of whom are on ventilatory support and 10 on supplemental oxygen. 1 patient is under observation.
Another 17 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen with 10 of them in the general wards and seven in the high dependency unit.
