Covid-19: Kenya records one new death, 366 more infections
Public health officers are pictured next to a casket bearing the remains of a person who died of Covid-19, ahead of the burial in Maua, Meru County, on June 10, 2020.
Kenya recorded just one new Covid-19 death on Sunday, alongside 366 new infections, raising the total number of declared cases since the first one in March to 91,892.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the new death toll was 1,587.
The 366 cases were found following analysis of 4,205 samples in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of samples tested in Kenya so far to 971,522.
The ministry said 346 of the new patients were Kenyans and 20 foreigners, 236 male and 130 female, the youngest a year old and the oldest 78.
Nairobi recorded 142 of the cases, Kiambu and Samburu 42 each, Murang'a 26, Narok 20, Kirinyaga 15, Embu 12, Mombasa 10, Kajiado eight, Nakuru, and Busia and Garissa six each.
Meru and Makueni recorded five each, Machakos and Kilifi four each, Uasin Gishu, Kitui, Mandera, Marsabit, Taita Taveta and Kwale two each, and Kakamega one.
The coronavirus disease was first detected in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2019 and first confirmed in Kenya on March 13.
By December 13, 967 of Kenya's patients had been admitted to hospitals countrywide while 6,583 were under home-based isolation and care.
CS Kagwe said 48 of them were in intensive care units, 28 on ventilator support, 18 on supplemental oxygen and two under observation.
Another 48 patients were separately on supplemental oxygen but in general wards (39) and high dependency units (nine).
