Outside Nairobi, Murang’a County has the highest number of ICU beds (35) followed by Machakos, with 30. It is, therefore, upon the counties to ensure that they are well-prepared to handle the numbers,” Mr Kagwe said. Mid-June, the CoG raised the red flag about the counties’ state of preparedness to handle the rise in Covid-19 cases. Counties are expected to have at least 300 beds in their isolation centres and ICU beds and ventilators. “The remaining 21 counties are working towards achieving the same by July 22,” said CoG chair Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya.

Source: Daily Nation July 12, 2020 05:15 UTC