Kenya coronavirus cases hit 12,750 with record high of 688 infections

Kenya has hit another record high of 688 cases of Covid-19 in a single day, raising the country’s total number of confirmed cases of the virus to 12,750.

Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe, in a tour of Embu County on Saturday, also announced that three more patients had died and that 457 patients had recovered.

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This raised the death toll is 225 and the total number of recoveries 4,440. Of the 457 recovered patients, 401 were under home-based care while 56 were in hospital.

CS Kagwe further announced that Tana River had become the 44th of 47 counties to record a case of the virus.

RISING NUMBERS

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Kenya’s number of coronavirus cases has been increasing steadily following the reopening of county borders.

The ministry also noted that many people have disregarded the basic measures for preventing the spread of Covid-19, key among them being wearing masks in public.

As such, CS Kagwe reiterated the need for personal responsibility, asking members of the public to “save each other”.

He discouraged inter-county travel and social gatherings, noting it is better to keep off until the pandemic is contained.

Regarding political gatherings, he said, “When a politician calls a public gathering, you have a choice – to go there or not. Take personal responsibility. Don’t go there. You don’t have to be there.”

COUNTY PREPAREDNESS

Officials from the Health ministry on Saturday visited Embu to assess the steps it has taken to handle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mr Kagwe noted that county visits are helping the government to identify gaps in healthcare, make investments and meet and honour frontline health workers.

He said that Embu, whose governor is Mr Martin Wambora, has 360 isolations bed, more than the government’s minimum of 330, as well as 18 beds for patients in intensive care units.

As of July 18, the county had two patients and 21 people at quarantine facilities.

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