COVID-19 Updates: 178 Test Positive Raising Confirmed Cases To 5,384

The Ministry of Health has today through CAS Mercy Mwangangi has announced an additional 178 positive cases raising the total number of confirmed cases to 5,384.

The 178 COVID-19 positive cases registered in the last 24 hours are out of 3,918 samples tested within the same duration with Kenya so far having tested 155,314 samples.

The 178 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours according to Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi include 3 foreigners with the youngest of all the new cases being a 1-year-old and the eldest being a 76-year-old.

As has always been recorded males continue to lead in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 with 123 of them testing positive in the last 24 hours while 55 females tested positive in the same duration.

The COVID-19 cases announced by Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi are spread in 11 Counties as follows:

Nairobi – 100

Kajiado – 21

Migori -17

Kiambu – 16

Busia – 8

Mombasa – 7

Machakos – 4

Nakuru -2

Uasin Gishu, Taita Taveta, Kericho -1 each

On a positive note, the Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has announced that 34 people have been declared free of COVID-19 raising the total number of recoveries to 1,857.

Sadly, two more people have died from COVID-19 bringing the total number of fatalities to 132 in total since the first COVID-19 case was announced on 13th March 2020.

To date, 40 out of 47 counties, have reported cases of Covid-19, which amounts to 85 percent of the counties in the country according to the Ministry of Health.

Nairobi is leading with 2,428 COVID-19 cases, followed by Mombasa, with 1,304, then Busia and Kajiado, with 361 and 179 cases respectively because of cross border issues according to the Ministry of Health.

Kiambu county has a total of 155 COVID-19 cases, Uasin Gishu- 66, Migori – 59, Kilifi – 52, Kwale – 51, Machakos – 44, Nakuru – 32, Garissa – 25, Taita Taveta – 25, Kisumu -20, Mandera – 18, Wajir – 17, Meru – 15, Turkana – 15, Siaya – 12, Kitui – 11, Nyeri -9, Bungoma -7, Isiolo -7, Murang’a -6.

Homa Bay County has a total of 5 COVID-19 cases while Kisii -4, Kakamega -3, Kericho -3, Laikipia -3, Makueni -3, Narok -3, Embu-2, Bomet -1, Elgeyo Marakwet -1, Kirinyaga -1, Marsabit -1, Nandi -1, Nyamira -1, Trans Nzoia -1 and Vihiga-1.