Covid-19 Infection Likelihood Higher in Mombasa than Nairobi - Health CAS Dr Mwangangi

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Covid-19 Infection Likelihood Higher in Mombasa than Nairobi - Health CAS Dr Mwangangi

The likelihood of you being infected with Covid-19 are higher in Mombasa County as compared to Nairobi despite the latter racking up more infection numbers.

Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi on Wednesday announced that Mombasa had an attack rate of 107 while Nairobi’s attack rate stood at 55.

Attack rate is the percentage of a population that contracts a disease in an at risk population during a specified period. Generally, epidemiologists describe it as the proportion of persons who are exposed to the disease during the outbreak who do become ill.

“These statistics are very important. It tells us that the risk of you getting Covid-19 is higher in Mombasa compared to Nairobi County. And again, we are working to ensure that we are actually able to define risk per county,” she said.

The virus now has a foothold in 40 out of the 47 counties. Nairobi has the highest number of coronavirus cases followed by Mombasa County. The two have been described as the high risk counties.

As of June 24, Nairobi cases stood at 2,428, Mombasa had 1,304 cases, Busia and Kajiado had 361 and 179 cases respectively.

The high numbers in Busia and Kajiado has been pegged to the cross border transmission as a result of the movement of truck drivers.

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As of June 24, Nairobi cases stood at 2,428, Mombasa had 1,304 cases, Busia and Kajiado had 361 and 179 cases respectively.

The high numbers in Busia and Kajiado has been pegged to the cross border transmission as a result of the movement of truck drivers.

The Ministry of Health reported 254 new Covid-19 cases from 4,859 samples tested in the past 24 hours, raising the number of cases in the country to 5,206.

Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi said the total number of tests carried out since the onset of the outbreak now stands at 151,396.

Source: The Standard





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