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COVID-19 Update: Nairobi Leads With 104 As 3 Die In 24 Hours

BY Soko Directory Team · June 23, 2020 03:06 pm

Kenya has today registered an additional 155 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Kenya to 4,952 according to Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi.

The 155 COVID-19 cases were from 4,171 samples tested in the last 24 hours raising the number of samples tested in the country for COVID-19 to 146,537 for the last 103 days.

All the 155 COVID-19 positive cases are Kenyans with 120 being males 35 females and the youngest being a one-year-old while the eldest is a 77-year-old.

The 155 positive cases are distributed in counties as follows;

Nairobi – 104

Busia – 19

Migori – 10

Mombasa – 16

Uasin Gishu -4

Kiambu – 3

Machakos – 2

Nakuru -2

Kisumu -1

Kajiado -1

The Nairobi cases are distributed in the constituencies with 20 in Kibra, 17 in Dagoretti North, 13 in Starehe, 10 in Westlands, 9 in Mathare, 8 in Langata, 6 in Kasarani, 4 in Embakasi South, Roysambu and Ruaraka while 3 in Kamukunji, 2 in Makadara, Embakasi East and one in Dagoretti South and Embakasi West.

The 16 COVID-19 cases from Mombasa County are spread out with 4 from Jomvu, 3 from Mvita, and one in Nyali, and Changamwe respectively.

The 19 COVID-19 cases in Busia County are 14 in Teso South and 5 in Matayos while the 10 cases in Migori County are 6 in Kuria West, 3 in Kuria East, and one in Nyatike.

Kiambu county, neighboring Nairobi has reported three COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with one case being in Kiambaa, Kiambu Town, and Kikuyu respectively while the two Machakos cases are in Athi River.