This archive report was first published on 17 June 2020.
Kenya Records Highest Single-Day COVID-19 Cases ¶
On June 17, 2020, Kenya confirmed the highest single-day cases of COVID-19 at 184, according to Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Rashid Aman.
The cases were confirmed from 2,518 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 4,044.
The 184 new patients, composed of 129 males and 55 females, are all Kenyans except one who is a foreign national.
The infections were recorded in various counties, including Nairobi (111), Mombasa (19), Kajiado (14), Meru (13), Kiambu (9), Busia (6), Nakuru (4), Machakos (3), and several other counties.
Dr. Aman warned Kenyans to be wary of supposed COVID-19 testing kits now rampant in the market, stating that the standard test used by the ministry is the real-time PCR test based on detection of nucleic acid of the virus.
He also expressed concern about the potential for the virus to overwhelm the country's health facilities, saying, 'We are beginning to see a rise in the number of positives as we move along. We are now probably entering into the exponential phase of our curve, and going forward we are likely to see larger numbers of positive cases being returned every day.'
