Kenya has recorded 11 more cases of the Coronavirus, bringing its total number of infections to 208, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced.
Speaking during the daily update on Monday at Afya House, Kagwe (pictured) said out of the 11, four were from mandatory quarantine centres while seven were picked by the ministry’s surveillance team.
“In the last 24 hours, we have tested 674 samples and out of the number, 11 have tested positive for Covid-19,” he said.
Of the new cases, four are from Mandera, three from Mombasa while Nairobi has two with Nakuru and Machakos registering one case each.
Kagwe said all the new cases are Kenyans, four of them having travel history to United Arabs Emirates.
In gender, the CS said six of the new cases are male while five are female with their ages ranging between one year and 42.
Kagwe also announced that 15 individuals recovered from the Coronavirus disease after testing negative following numerous tests bringing the number recoveries to 40.
The CS also announced that one Kenyan has died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of the deaths in the country to nine.
The CS said 2,306 samples have been monitored with 1,687 discharged while 619 are being followed.
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