By Our Staff Correspondent, NAIROBI Kenya
Kenya on Monday reported 544 new cases of Covid-19 bringing the total to 22,597 as tally of fatalities hit 382 after 13 more patients succumbed to the virus, Health Cabinet Assistant Secretary Rashid Aman has said.
This is out of 2,653 samples
that were tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of tests
done in the country to 318,376.
Of the cases reported today, 499 are
Kenyans while 45 being foreigners.
In terms of gender, 315 are male and
229 are female. Men continue to lead in the number of infections in the
country.
As of ages, the youngest is a
one-year-old while the oldest is 84-years-old.
The country has also witnessed 263
recoveries bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 8,740.
Ten of those who died had underlying
conditions. The total number of deaths rises to 382.
Among those who died is a nurse,
Marian Awuor Adumbo, from Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.
"Our sincere condolences to the
families and friends of Nurse, Marian Awuor Adumbo who succumbed to COVID-19 at
the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital yesterday evening.May her soul rest in
peace," CAS Aman said.
She has left behind her less than a
week old infant that she delivered at the hospital.
He also added that the death of
Miriam brings to eight the number of healthcare workers who have so far died from
the virus in the country.
The distribution of the cases by
counties is as follows; Nairobi has 412 cases, Machakos and Kajiado with 17
cases each, Garissa 16, Uasin Gishu 14, Mombasa nine, Nakuru eight, Nyeri and
Narok with five cases each, Makueni four, Laikipia two, Muranga, Kilifi, Busia,
Embu, Bungoma, Kisii, Kwale and Meru with one case each.
The cases are distributed as follows
in sub counties; in Nairobi, the cases are in Lang'ata with 50 cases, Westlands
48, Dagoretti North 43, Embakasi East 37, Makadara 36, Embakasi South 35,
Kasarani 25, Kamukunji 20, Roysambu 20, Embakasi West 18.
Others are Embakasi Central, Kibra
and Starehe with 16 cases each, Embakasi North and Mathare with nine cases
each, Ruaraka eight and Dagoretti South with six cases.
In Kiambu, the 27 cases are in Ruiru
with eight cases, Kiambaa and Kikuyu with six cases each, Kiambu Town four,
Kabete, Lari and Limuru all have one case each.
In Machakos, all the cases are in
Athi River while in Kajiado the 17 cases are in Kajiado North with 14 cases and
Kajiado East has three cases.
In Garissa the 16 cases are in the
town, while in Uasin Gishu the 14 cases are in Turbo with five cases, Ainabkoi
has two cases, Kapseret, Moiben, Soy have two cases each and Kesses has one
case.
In Mombasa the nine cases are in
Mvita with five cases, Nyali three and Kisauni one case while in Nakuru the
eight cases are in Nakuru East with four cases, Rongai two, Gilgil and Nakuru
West with one case each.
In Nyeri, the five cases are in Nyeri
South with four cases and Nyeri Central with one case while the five cases in
Narok are all in Narok North.
In Makueni the four cases are in
Kaiti Kilome, Makueni and Mbooni with one case each while in Laikipia the two
cases are in Laikipia West.
The case in Murang'a is in Kiharu
while the case in Kilifi is in Kilifi North.
The case in Busia is in Teso North, the case in Embu is in Manyatta, the case in Bungoma is in Kanduyi. The case in Kisii is in Kitutu Chache South while the case in Kwale is in Msambweni. The case in Meru is in Imenti Central.
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