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Covid-19: Kenya's cases reach 35,205 as deaths rise to 599

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman gives an update on the Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya at Afya House in Nairobi on September 7, 2020.

Photo credit: Dennis Onsongo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman told the daily briefing at Afya House in Nairobi that 2,668 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the total to 477, 145.

  • Dr Aman further reported that 80 more patients had recovered, 30 of them at home and 50 in hospitals, raising the total number to 21,310.

  • While addressing the matter of quality products for use in the fight against the pandemic, CAS Aman said the Ministry of Health grappled with the supply of items such as testing kits.

One hundred and two more cases of the coronavirus were announced in Kenya on Monday, raising the total number of declared infections since the first one on March 13 to 35,205.

Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman told the daily briefing at Afya House in Nairobi that 2,668 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the total to 477, 145.