Two COVID-19 patients in Kenya are likely to be discharged from Mbagathi Hospital in the next two days after they tested negative for the virus, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said Saturday (March 28).
While announcing new COVID-19 infections in the country, the minister said the two patients – the first and the third to be diagnosed with virus – have to undergo one more test to ascertain that they no longer carry COVID-19.
“Our first patient together with the third patient have tested negative in their first re-testing. A repeat test is scheduled in the next 48 hours; we remain hopeful that the repeat test will be negative, confirming full recovery to allow for their discharge from our treatment centre,” Kagwe said while addressing journalists at Afya House.
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Though little is known about the third patient, significant information is known about the first patient.
Kenya’s first coronavirus case is a 27-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with the disease on March 12. She had arrived in the country from Chicago, USA, via London on March 5. She is a single lady, who lives in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County.
Away from the positive news, Health CS Kagwe announced that Kenya registered seven new COVID-19 cases, bringing Kenya’s confirmed tally to 38.
The minister said the new infections were part of 81 suspected cases tested at various laboratories in the country in the last 24 hours. All the seven cases were recorded in Nairobi, bringing the total of infections registered in the capital city to 28, accounting for 74 per cent of all the confirmed cases.
The new infections include three female patients and four male carriers.
Four of the seven are Kenyan nationals, two are Congolese natives and one is a Chinese citizen.
Kagwe said four of the seven patients had arrived into the country from foreign nations that have recorded COVID-19 cases.
Of the three -- who had not travelled outside Kenya -- one had visited Mombasa recently, whereas the other two came in contact with previous confirmed cases.
Besides Nairobi, other counties that have recorded COVID-19 cases include: Kilifi (6), Mombasa (2), Kajiado (1) and Kwale (1).
Of the 31 confirmed infections in the country, 22 are male, whereas 16 are female, said the minister.
