22 test positive for Covid-19, total hits 39, 449

Brian Oruta 15:41 - 05 October 2020

Health CAS Rashid Aman during a past Covid-19 press briefing. The Ministry of Health has advised persons living with Sickle Cell Anemia to stock up on their medication

4 more patients have succumbed to the deadly disease

The Ministry of Health has announced that 22 more people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 39, 449.

The new cases are from 595 samples tested in the last 24 hours.

Speaker at a Covid-19 presser on Monday, Health CAS Dr Rashid Aman said 4 more patients succumbed to the covid-19 disease, bringing the cumulative number of fatalities to 735.

376 patients recovered raising total recoveries to 27,035.

The new cases are distributed in counties as follows; Nairobi 18, Meru 2, Nakuru and Kiambu one case each.