Kakamega county’s main health facilities are overstretched by Covid-19 patients. Health executive Dr Collins Matemba said the Mumias Level 4 Hospital, which is the main isolation centre in the town, has been overrun. The facility has a bed capacity of 50, but had 61 Covid-19 patients on Thursday. The county government has put the Likuyani Subcounty Hospital and the County General Hospital on standby for Covid-19 patients. The county had 316 patients by Thursday out of which 57 are health workers.

Source: The Star October 30, 2020 10:07 UTC