This archive report was first published on 21 June 2020.
On June 21, 2020, Kenya marked 100 days since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in the country. The milestone coincided with a significant increase in the total number of infections, which rose to 4,738 after 260 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.
The new cases, which were detected from 3,561 samples, comprised 254 Kenyans and six foreigners, with 176 males and 84 females affected.
Of the new cases, Nairobi accounted for 157, Mombasa 43, and Kwale 15.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe announced the new cases during a daily briefing to the media, revealing that the youngest case was a seven-month-old baby, while the oldest was a 90-year-old.
Additionally, Kagwe reported that 21 more patients had been discharged from various testing facilities across the country, while two fatalities had been recorded, bringing the total to 123 deaths.
