Kenya Covid-19 cases up by 143 as Kitui continues to register high numbers

 

Kenya has recorded 143 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours from a sample size of 3854, increasing the total number of cases to 35,603, the Ministry of Health has said. This raises the number of tests done to a total of 485,836. 

According to Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr Rashid Aman (pictured above), 490 people successfully recovered from the disease.  248 come from home-based care while 242 from different health facilities increasing the total number of recoveries to 22,047.

Unfortunately, five people have lost their lives to Covid-19 raising the total number of deaths to 612. 
129 of those infected are Kenyans while 14 are foreigners. 85 of the new cases are males while 58 females with the youngest being a nine-month-old infant and the oldest an 83-year-old.

Nairobi has registered 35 new cases, the highest in all counties followed by Kitui with 23, Mombasa 9 Garissa 9, Kiambu 9, Nakuru 9, Kilifi 8, Turkana 7,  Machakos 5, Kajiado 5 Kisii 4, Kisumu 4, Embu 3, Uasin Gishu 2, Nyeri 2, Makueni 2, Trans Nzoia 2 while Migori, Busia, Isiolo, Taita Taveta and Meru have registered one case each.