After testing 1,205 samples within the last 24 hours, 189 people have tested positive for the Coronavirus, bringing the case load to 10,294. Cumulative samples tested so far are 216,242. Speaking to the press during the daily Covid-19 briefings on Monday, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said fewer samples were tested due to challenges posed by power outages, “We are still holding samples we haven’t tested,” he added. Of the new cases, 106 are males and 83 are female. The youngest is 5 years old while the oldest is 71 years old. Kenya has also recorded the highest number of fatalities in a day, after 12 people succumbed to the virus within the last day, with the total fatalities now at 197. 65 people have been discharged, total recoveries now at 2,946.
Nairobi County has the highest number of cases with 147, followed by Kiambu County with 20. Machakos County has 11, Kajiado 5 and Mombasa 2 cases. The Health CS said cases were expected to increase, and by extending the partial lockdown weeks ago, Counties were given time to prepare and Kenyans time to educate themselves and know more about the disease.
He said those Kenyans who are in denial concerning the reality and spread of Covid-19 have a personal responsibility and there is not much that can be done to influence their decision. ” Who are those other people who don’t know there is Covid-19?” he posed, ” Even some countries had denied the existence of Covid-19, and some big people died, now the situation has changed.”