Editor's Review

  • City lawyer Donald Kipkorir is recuperating at the Aga Khan University Hospital
  • His friends revealed the lawyer tested positive for Covid-19

City lawyer Donald Kipkorir is recuperating at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi where he was admitted after testing positive for Covid 19.

His friend Makau Mutua broke the news on Twitter by posting on social media images of him in a hospital bed alongside messages of goodwill.

"I wish my BFF — the eminent lawyer @DonaldBKipkorir — a quick and full recovery from Covid-19. Thanks to the great staff at the Aga Khan University Hospital who’ve been giving him excellent care. He will completely recover and come back even stronger," Makau Mutu said.

On Tuesday, 925 new cases were reported from a sample of 5559. The country’s Covid-19 caseload is at 71729.

Fifteen patients died also on Tuesday raising the death toll from the disease to 1,302.

So far 2, 352 health workers have tested positive for the virus. The cumulative fatality for healthcare workers is 30.

Kagwe said 6,257 were on Home-based Isolation and Care.

62 of those were under the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 26 on ventilatory support and 32 on supplementary oxygen.

Here are photos of Mr Donald Kipkorir in hospital