By Meshack Makau
Kenya on Friday recorded 322 new cases of Covid-19, raising the country’s total to 31,763, from a sample size of 4,470 tested in the last 24 hours.
In terms of gender distribution 179 were male while 143 were female and all the positive cases are Kenyans.
Speaking during the daily Covid-19 briefing, Mwangangi said age wise, the youngest was a three-year-old infant while the oldest was 92 years old.
On the other hand, 288 patients have recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 18,157.
Further ,190 recoveries were discharged from the home-based program me, while 98 were discharged from various health facilities.
Sadly 16 more patients succumbed to the virus, raising fatalities to 532.
At least 16 healthcare workers have so far succumbed to the virus with another 885 infected.
The CAS Mwangangi revealed that 31 patients were on ICU across various health facilities in the country.
Geographical spread has Nairobi 106, Kajiado 53, Machakos and Nakuru 25 cases each, Kiambu 23, Kisii 23, Busia 13, Mombasa 11, Kisumu 5, Bomet 5, Busia, Homabay and Nandi 4 cases each, Uasin Gishu, Kitui, Nyandarua, Taita Taveta and Turkana 3 cases each, Nyamira 2 cases while Kericho, Muranga, Vihiga and Makueni all had 1 case each.
