22 new Coronavirus cases in Kenya now 737 – Health CAS Dr. Rashid Aman
We have in the last 24 hours tested 1516 samples, bringing the total of samples tested so far to 35, 432.
Out of the samples tested today, 22 people have tested positive for Coronavirus.
21 are Kenyans and one is a Ugandan National.
✔️The youngest positive case is 20 years old, & the oldest is 81 years.
✔️17 are Males and 5 are females.
Out of the same samples, 25 individuals who are truck drivers from Tanzania also tested positive at the Namanga border & were referred back to Tanzania.
Distribution of cases by county:
✔️10 Nairobi,
✔️8 Mombasa,
✔️3 Kajiado and
✔️1 Bomet.
This brings the total number of those who have tested positive to 737.
Bomet becomes the latest County to record a Covid-19 case.
The spread of the positive cases by estates;
Nairobi:
✔️Embakasi (4) cases, ✔️Kamukunji (3) cases,
✔️Kibra (2) cases and
✔️KNH (1).
Mombasa;
✔️Mvita seven (7)
✔️Nyali one (1).
Kajiado;
✔️Namanga (3) cases
Today we have discharged 22 people from hospital. This now brings to 281 the total number of recoveries from Covid-19.
We thank and honor our healthcare workers for dedication & commitment in service delivery.
We are saddened to announce the of 4 patients to Covid-19, two in Nairobi, one in Mombasa and one in Bomet.
This brings to 40 the total number of those who have lost their lives from the Covid-19. Our heartfelt condolences go to the bereaved families and friends.
We want to thank every individual and all corporate entities for their collaboration and contribution in this fight. Our collective effort as a people has contributed to successes that we are currently witnessing; Dr. Aman.
To effectively deal with COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has initiated several initiatives such as the National Hygiene Initiative to economically empower the youth who have been impacted negatively by the pandemic.
We want to thank the young people who have enrolled into this program for the work they have done so far to clean our neighborhoods.
We are appealing to some of our youth that are undermining the objectives of the National hygiene program by forcefully demanding money from individuals within the neighborhoods they are cleaning to refrain from such practices; Dr. Rashid Aman.
I want to remind our young people that they are the ones who should lead in this fight, but only in the right way; Dr Rashid Aman.
Businesses operating within areas where movement has been restricted are taking advantage of the situation by hiking the prices of commodities and other essential goods that they are selling, this is totally immoral and such habits should stop.