COVID-19: 727 test positive while 14 succumb to the virus – KBC

Kenya has on Friday recorded 727 new COVID-19 cases out of a sample size of 6,814 bringing the cumulative number of positive cases to 25,138.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, speaking during a tour of Kisii health facilities to establish the county’s preparedness, said out of the 727 new cases, 711 were Kenyan while 16 were foreigners.

CS Kagwe while announcing the daily numbers in the country urged men to be more vigilant in protecting themselves against the pandemic as 539 of the new cases were male while 188 were female.

On a positive note, the CS said that 674 people had recovered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

125 of the 674 were from home-based care while 549 are from various health facilities in the country bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 11,118.

The Health CS on a sad note also said that we had lost 14 people to COVID-19 making the cumulative number of fatalities to 413 people.

In conclusion, CS Kagwe urged all Kenyans to seek medical care for other diseases.

“Our health facilities are open to people with other diseases, not just COVID-19, we have separated the COVID-19 cases from other hospitalised people. Let’s not fear to seek medical care. So msiogope, endeni hospitalini kama mko na ugonjwa.”

Kagwe in the same breath urged people to maintain a healthy lifestyle by eating healthy foods especially non processed ones which will, in turn, build the immunity.