Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman also announced that 415 more people had recovered, 161 of them at home and 254 in hospital, raising the total number to 21,059.
Of the new patients, 162 were Kenyans and 17 foreigners, the youngest a year old and the oldest 75, and 126 male and 53 female.
CAS Aman gave the update in Bomet following a tour by Health ministry officials to assess steps the county has taken in its fight against the coronavirus.
Kenya now has 34,884 declared cases of the coronavirus following the recording of 179 more infections after analysis of 4,178 samples in the last 24 hours.
In the daily briefing on Friday, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman also announced that 415 more people had recovered, 161 of them at home and 254 in hospital, raising the total number to 21,059.
