Kenya discharges 600 COVID-19 patients for home-based care

NAIROBI, Kenya June 21 – At least 600 COVID-19 patients have been discharged in Kenya for home-based treatment and care.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said 212 were discharged from Coast General Hospital while 38 were released from Kenyatta University Hospital.

“The patients are released after 14 days in hospital and as per the World Health Organisation protocols, it is difficult for them to spread the virus after that,” he said.

On Sunday, Kagwe said the country had recorded 260 new COVID-19 cases, the largest number of infections on a single day.

This pushed the number of infections in the country to 4,738 since March when the first case was confirmed in the country.

“The more we test, the more cases we get,” said Kagwe, “we had 260 positive cases confirmed in the past 24 hours.”