COVID-19 Updates: 254 Test Positive, Two More Die In 24 Hours

Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has today announced that 254 Kenyans have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours after 4,859 samples were tested for the killer virus.

The 254 COVID-19 cases announced today bring the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kenya to 5,206 in a little over 100 days since the first case was confirmed in the country.

The 4,859 samples tested in the last 24 hours according to Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has risen the number of samples now tested for the virus to 151,396.

All the 254 COVID-19 positive cases confirmed in the last 24 hours are of Kenyans with 186 being males and 68 females while the youngest is a four-year-old and the oldest is 92 years.

Nairobi-127 

Mombasa – 36

Migori- 29

Kajiado- 22

Kiambu – 12

Busia – 9

Uasin Gishu -5

Muranga -3

Machakos and Kilifi -2 cases each

Nakuru, Siaya, Taita Taveta, Garisaa, Isiolo, Kakamega and Kisii – 1 case each

“We have not yet reached our peak. Our numbers will keep rising,” Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi has noted sadly seeming to come into reality with the crisis facing the country.

Sadly, two more Kenyans have succumbed to COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours according to Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi with Dr. Patrick Amoth noting that one of the patients passed at the Kenyatta University Referral Hospital while the other died at Avenue Hospital.

The total number of deaths to COVID-19 in Kenya has now risen to 130 after the two succumbed in the last 24 hours while the number of recoveries has increased to 1,823 after 41 more have recovered and tested negative for the virus.