Kenya Records 8 Covid-19 Deaths As Infections Reach 97,733

Kenya has recorded 335 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the country’s caseload to 97,733, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has announced.

The new infections were from a 5,424 sample size. The cumulative tests stand at 1,05,673.

In terms of gender, 233 are males while 102 are females and the youngest is a one-year-old child and the oldest is 94.

Fatalities have risen to 1,702 after another eight patients succumbed to the disease, in the last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, 340 patients have recovered from the disease out of which 261 were from the home-based care programme, while 79 were discharged from various health facilities.

Kenya’s recoveries now stand at 80,306.