The ministry said 169 more patients had discharged, 83 from hospitals and 86 from home-based care programmes, raising the total number of recoveries to 7,743.
Globally, according to Covid-19 case tracker Wordometer, the number of coronavirus cases was 16,256,472 as of July 26. Deaths numbers 649,354 and the recoveries 9,949,306.
The capital city has remained a top hotspot, recording hundreds of cases since the July 6 presidential directive that lifted the cessation of movement order that had locked down hotspot counties.
Kenya on Sunday reported a record high of 960 cases of Covid-19 following the testing of 8,261 samples in the last 24 hours.
This pushed the county past the 17,000 mark - to 17,603 - with the number of cases recorded daily increasing drastically.
