This archive report was first published on 3 August 2020.
As the Ministry of Health listed Kisumu among 14 counties at high risk of coronavirus outbreaks, Governor Anyang' Nyong'o on Friday, August 7, 2020 announced that county officials were collecting data through a digital system to facilitate contact tracing.
The county has also surpassed the target of at least 300 isolation beds, with 401 beds available at isolation facilities in all sub-counties, including 85 at the Kisumu County Referral Hospital and 100 at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.
"We are incorporating a multifaceted approach that includes infrastructure development and the requisite human resource to respond to the situation, especially at the prevention level," Governor Nyong'o said.
Additionally, the county has set up the Kisumu County Covid-19 Emergency Response Call Centre to complement services offered by the National Call Centre in Nairobi.
By July 31, the county had recorded 60 Covid-19 cases from the testing of 1,934 samples, including 24 recoveries and three deaths.
