Indian variant: Kisumu hospitals overwhelmed by Covid-19 cases

Kisumu East MP Shakeel Shabbir (left) flanked by his Muhoroni counterpart James K'oyoo, during a press conference at Parliament buildings in Nairobi on Thursday, May 6, 2021, regarding the discovery of new Indian Covid 19 variant. The MPs called for the government to put in place drastic measures to curb the spread of the virus [David Njaaga,Standard]

Kisumu County hospitals have been experiencing an upsurge in Covid-19 cases stretching the capacity of isolation beds.

This comes in the face of the Indian variant being reported in the county with eight patients testing positive with Indian variant. From 310 tests carried, 25 turned positive for Covid-19 but county health executive Prof Boaz Nyunya said they cannot confirm if the 25 have the Indian variant.