There are only 58 Covid-19 ICU beds in ‘diseased counties’

Some of the ICU beds at the Kajiado Referral Hospital. [Photo: PETERSON GITHAIGA]

There are no public critical care beds available in the five counties declared as a diseased zone by President Uhuru Kenyatta on March 26.

Covid-19 patients in need of critical care in these counties have to scramble for the 58 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds currently fully occupied, and only available if one is discharged or dies.