{"id":13187,"date":"2020-08-22T18:12:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T18:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13187"},"modified":"2020-08-22T18:12:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T18:12:36","slug":"355-new-coronavirus-cases-reported-cs-mutahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/355-new-coronavirus-cases-reported-cs-mutahi","title":{"rendered":"355 new coronavirus cases reported: CS Mutahi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: Jael Mboga<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Some 355 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours, pushing the national tally to 32,118.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 5,724 samples tested in the last 24 hours, 339 positive tests were from Kenyans and 16 foreigners.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to newsrooms on Saturday, Health CS\u00a0Mutahi Kagwe said the youngest patient\u00a0in the latest pool was a two-year-old baby and the oldest 81 years.\u00a0Some 296 patients recovered from the disease, with 202 being from the home-based care programme and 94 from various hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The home-based care, launched in June, was aimed at easing the burden on already overwhelmed public hospitals many of which were nearing their full capacities.<\/p>\n<p>President Uhuru Kenyatta at the time said\u00a0home-based care\u00a0would be necessary \u201cbecause 80 per cent of Covid-19 patients in Kenya, like the rest of the world, are asymptomatic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Health Director General Patrick Amoth had then\u00a0said not every patient would qualify for home-based care. \u201cSelection of patients will be based on the risk posed through individual assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe will assess your home to know many rooms are there, how many people you live with and if you have anybody else in your house who is ill. We\u2019ll also need to know if you have very young children. Do you have a caregiver who can be trained to support you during the process? All those are captured in our guidelines.\u201d\u00a0The total number of recoveries now stands at 18,453.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sadly, 10 patients succumbed to teh disease, bringing the fatality to 542.\u00a0The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be shorter than the 1918 Spanish flu and last less than two years.<\/p>\n<p>WHO\u00a0chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday the world needs to unite and succeed in finding a vaccine.\u00a0\u201cAnd in our situation now with more technology, and of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading, it can move fast because we are more connected now,\u201d he told a briefing in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time we have also the technology to stop it and the knowledge to stop it. 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