Kenya has confirmed 218 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours bringing the total number of cases to 37,707.
218 new Covid-19 cases in Kenya, total rises to 37,707
13 more patients succumb to Covid-19
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe during a past Covid-19 press briefing
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The new cases were detected from 5,424 samples tested at various labs in the said period.
Of the new cases, 200 were Kenyan citizens while 8 were foreigners with 159 accounting for new infections among men and 59 among women.
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The youngest new patient was a one-year-old while the eldest was a 78-year-old.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe
Pulse Live Kenya
Deaths and Recoveries
The day's death toll was a double-digit figure which has been rare over the past weeks with some days going by without any reported deaths.
13 patients succumbed to the disease raising Kenya's fatalities to 682.
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170 more patients were discharged from care, 91 from hospitals and 79 from the home-based care programme bringing the total number of recoveries to 24,504.
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