Kenya’s Covid-19 Caseload Continues To Rise As Schools Prepare To Resume

302 people tested positive for the virus on November 30^th, from a sample size of 3,038 tested in 24 hours, bringing to 83,618 the number of confirmed positive cases in the country. Of the cases, 286 are Kenyans while 16 are foreigners.

Distribution cases by Counties; Nairobi 134, Kajiado 26, Kisumu 17, Kitui 16, Marsabit 16, Nyeri 16, Mombasa 13, Meru 13, Machakos 13, Nakuru 9, Kiambu 9, Uasin Gishu 8, Embu 2, Busia 2, Kilifi 1, Laikipia 1, Murang’a 1, Kakamega 1, Makueni 1, Samburu 1, Tana River 1, Kericho 1.

369 patients recovered from the disease, 287 from the Home-Based Care Program, while 82 have been discharged from various hospitals. Total recoveries now stand at 55,344. 17 patients have succumbed to the disease bringing the cumulative fatalities to 1,469.

According to the MOH, there are 1,282 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide and 8,405 on Home Based Isolation and Care. 72 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 47 of whom are on ventilatory support, and 23 on supplemental oxygen.

92 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen out of whom 72 are in the general wards. 20 are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

The MOH said that the National Emergency Response Committee, NERC, held a meeting to review implications of the ongoing pandemic because Globally, COVID-19 seems to be making a comeback with a vengeance

The meeting which was graced by His Excellency the President, Uhuru Kenyatta, noted the increasing significance of a viable vaccine in the containment of the spread of COVID-19.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has warned that the deaths from malaria due to disruptions during the COVID_19 pandemic to services designed to tackle the disease will far exceed those killed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa.

The latest global malaria report by the WHO shows that more than 409,000 people globally, most of them babies in the poorest parts of Africa were killed by malaria last year, and COVID-19 will almost certainly make that toll higher in 2020.

READ: Kenya Records 1,459 New COVID-19 Cases And 17 Death In 24 Hours