12 more cases of the Covid-19 have been confirmed by the government, bringing the total number of cases to 355. 8 of the cases are from Nairobi while 4 are from Mombasa. While issuing the Covid-19 update at Afya House on Sunday, Health CAS Rashid Aman said the new cases in Nairobi are spread in Kibera-2, Karen-1, Eastleigh-1, Dandora-1, Kasarani-1, South B-1, Umoja-1.
He said 8 more patients have recovered and have been discharged, with total recoveries at 106 while deaths remain 14. “We have noted the number of recoveries steadily going up while fatalities have stagnated in the last one week. The number of those who’ve died from Covid-19 has remained at 14, within the same period we have discharged 39 persons,” he said, “This is an indication of the dedication of our healthcare workers.”
Testing of truck drivers is set to start immediately at all the border crossing points. County governments have also been urged to increase training of healthcare workers by utilizing already trained personnel.