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217 Covid-19 patients on oxygen, 20,000 empty cylinders missing

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

217 people are in need of oxygen in various hospitals across the country due to Covid19. Out of these, 36 are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on ventilatory support, the number of patients in ICU having also gone up to 137.

1,270 patients are admitted to various hospitals countrywide and 4,620 are on Home Based Isolation and Care.

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