44 Recover as 121 Test Positive for Covid-19

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe during a daily press briefing in April 2020
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe during a daily press briefing in April 2020
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Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday, June 11, announced that 44 individuals were discharged in the last 24 hours, bring the number of those who had recovered to 1092.

On the same breath, 121 individuals had tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours after 3,291 samples were tested.

This brings the total number of the affected to 3,215 with a total number of 106,247 samples tested so far.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (Left) and his Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi during a press briefing in March 2020.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (Left) and his Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi during a press briefing in March 2020.
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In a statement to newsrooms, the CS stated that three more individuals had succumbed to the disease, bringing the number of fatalities to 92.

Out of the 121 reported cases today, 115 are Kenyans and 6 are foreigners while 92 are males and 29 are females.

The distribution of cases by counties is as follows; Nairobi (49), Busia (37), Mombasa (20), Kajiado (5), Migori (4), Kiambu (2) and Kilifi (2) and 1 case each in Murang'a, and Nyeri.

In sub-counties, the distribution is as follows; Kibra (18), Westlands (9), Kamukunji (4), Ruaraka (4) Dagoretti North (3), Embakasi Central, Embakasi West and Langata (2) cases each and Kasarani, Roysambu, Starehe and Makadara (1) case each.

The 37 who tested positive in Busia are all truck drivers at the Malaba border point.

Two of the cases in Migori are from Suna East while Kuria West and Kuria East have (1) case each.

In Kiambu County, the two recorded cases are from Ruiru and Kiambu Town while in Kilifi, the two cases were recorded in Kilifi North.

The case in Nyeri was from Nyeri Central.

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe (left) Government Spokesman Cyrus Oguna (second left) and Director General of Health Patrick Amoth (centre) addresses the media at Afya House, Nairobi on Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe (left) Government Spokesman Cyrus Oguna (second left) and Director General of Health Patrick Amoth (centre) addresses the media at Afya House, Nairobi on Tuesday, May 5, 2020
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