This archive report was first published on 30 August 2021.
On August 31, 2021, Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache revealed to a parliamentary committee that the government's daily statistics on Covid-19 deaths may be inaccurate due to a lack of pathologists in the counties.
The Ministry of Health can only confirm deaths that occur within hospitals and post-mortem exams of a few that happen within the community, Ms Mochache explained.
“People are dying in numbers but we cannot give evidence that the community death occurs as a result of Covid-19 complications when issues of pathology are absent at counties,” she said.
Ms Mochache stated that only four officers who conduct such examinations on Covid-19 deaths are in the Ministry of Health headquarters.
She acknowledged that the country is already on the fourth wave of coronavirus, citing statistics that have continued to indicate this.
Ms Mochache also revealed that the ministry is working with counties and the provincial administration to monitor community deaths.
