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Covid-19: Kenya cases increase to 8,067 as recoveries reach 2,414

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe

What you need to know:

  • The ministry said it had tested 2,131 samples in 24 hours, bringing the total of samples tested in the country to 191,394.
  • Earlier on Monday, President Uhuru Kenyatta made several key announcements related to Kenya's management of local infections.
  • The President said the cessation of movement order that barred entry into and out of Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera counties will end Tuesday at 4 am. He, however, extended the nationwide curfew, that runs from 9pm to 5am, by a further 30 days.

The Health ministry on Monday announced 181 more cases of the coronavirus in Kenya as well as 127 more recoveries and four more deaths.

These figures, in a statement from Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, raised the total number of Covid-19 cases in Kenya to 8,067, the total number of recoveries to 2,414 and the total number of deaths to 164.