Kenya has recorded 130 more Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours as the country's total caseload rises to 37,348.
During the daily Covid-19 briefing at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral & Research Hospital (KUTRRH) on Wednesday, September 23, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe announced that 3,874 samples had been tested over the period.
Of the positive cases, 123 are Kenyans and 7 are foreigners. The youngest case is a 3-year-old child and the oldest is aged 90.
At the same time,106 patients were discharged, 25 from home-based care and 81 from hospitals around the country bringing the total number of recoveries to 24,253.
Regrettably, five patients succumbed to the disease bringing the total number of deaths to 664.
The CS noted that the country, in the last few days, has been on record a less than five per cent positivity rate hence on the track to flattening the curve.
"In the course of this month, we have been on a positivity rate of below 5%. World Health Organisation (WHO) proposes that if this goes on for 14 days then a nation has begun flattening the curve. However, events across the globe indicate a new wave of Covid-19 cases," announced Kagwe.
In terms of gender, 89 male and 41 female. The youngest is 3 years old and the oldest 90 years old.
The CS also noted that the ministry was changing strategy in fighting cancer whose patients are among the most infected by Covid-19 virus.
The CS announced that the Intergrated Molecular Imaging Center was being constructed at the Kenyatta Referral Hospital and would aid in early screening of cancer in the country.
"The new facility will offer our a fully comprehensive hospital with prevention, screening, diagnostics, treatment, survivorship, and palliative care services.
"Gone will be the days of Kenyans spending Ksh.8B annually seeking Cancer treatment in India," stated the CS
Mutahi Kagwe, CS, Health: The new facility will offer our a fully comprehensive hospital with prevention, screening, diagnostics, treatment, survivorship, & palliative care services. Gone will be the days of Kenyans spending Ksh.8B annually seeking Cancer treatment in India pic.twitter.com/IDGCpLgX4s
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) September 23, 2020
