This archive report was first published on 13 July 2020.
On Monday, July 13, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe delivered the daily press briefing on the Covid-19 pandemic at Afya House in Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya recorded 189 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases to 10,294. Unfortunately, 12 more Kenyans succumbed to the disease, raising the death toll to 197.
According to Kagwe, the new cases were discovered from 1,205 samples tested in the last 24 hours. However, a server issue had led to a decreased testing capacity.
On a positive note, 65 Covid-19 patients had been discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe also announced the rolling out of a new web-based application for contact tracing and surveillance linked to medical records. The application was developed in collaboration with development partners and would provide for easier tracing.
Additionally, 219 surveillance teams had been deployed to the counties and were engaged in contact tracing. Kagwe further dismissed the assertion that some health facilities in Nairobi County were suffering a shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs).
"We have got more PPEs at the moment than we need. So it's a question of individual hospitals and individual units ensuring that they have got them," Kagwe maintained.
He also witnessed the hand-over of vehicles to support the contact-tracing program, with more vehicles to be availed in coming weeks.
