Kenya has registerd 64 new coronavirus infections.
The new cases are from a sample size of 1,852 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 96,678 the country's total caseload.
Out of the 64 cases; 59 are Kenyans while 5 are foreigners.
35 are males and 29 females with youngest being a six-year-old child while the oldest is 81.
So far the cumulative tests stands at 1,052,836.
In a statement to the newsrooms Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that 55 patients had recovered from the disease, 41 being from the Home-Based Care Program, while 14 have been discharged from various hospitals across the country, this brings the total number of recoveries to 79,012.
The number of fatalities have also risen to 1,685 after four patients succumbed to the disease.
Currently, there are 657 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide and 2,989 on Home Based Isolation and Care.
29 patients are in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 14 of whom are on ventilatory support and 12 on supplemental oxygen while 3 are on observation.
Another 19 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen and 19 others are in the general wards. None of them is in HDU
The new cases are distributed as follows; Nairobi 34, Kisii 5, Laikipia 5, Meru 3, Machakos 3, Mombasa 2, Busia 2, Taita Taveta 2, Kiambu 1, Embu 1, Kajiado 1, Kilifi 1, Nakuru 1, Nyandarua 1, Siaya 1 and Uasin Gishu 1.
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