Kenya has recorded 667 more Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of cases in Kenya to 16,268.
In the daily Covid-19 briefing at Afya House on Friday, July 24, Health CAS Dr Mercy Mwangangi announced that 5,075 samples were tested in the same period of time.
Of the 667 cases, 393 were males and 274 were females with the youngest being a one-month-old infant and the oldest a 67-year-old.
657 of the cases are Kenyans while 10 are foreigners.
The distribution of cases in the cases in counties is as follows; Nairobi (387), Kiambu (40), Mombasa (26), Machakos (47), Kajiado (79), Nakuru (15), Uasin Gishu (14), Garissa (11), Busia (9), Kilifi (6), Turkana (6), Makueni (5), Wajir (5), Kisumu (4), Nyeri (4), Lamu (4), Murang’a (2), Bomet (1), Bungoma (1), Narok (1), Nyamira (1), Vihiga (1).
At the same time, 311 patients have been discharged from hospital bringing the total number of recovered cases to 7,746.treatment.
Out of the 311, 166 patients are from the home-based program while 145 from health facilities.
11 succumbed to the virus taking the total number of deaths to 274. A child with rickets was among the deaths.
“We have observed that we’re witnessing a majority of the deaths in patients who have underlying issues such as diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS amongst others,” the CAS stated.
Mwangangi noted 96 percent of HIV positive individuals, who have been confirmed to be COVID-19 positive, were on life-saving treatment.
