This archive report was first published on 10 July 2020.
Kenya's Covid-19 cases have surpassed the 9,000 mark, with a new daily high of 473 confirmed cases reported on Friday, July 10, 2020.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe made the announcement during a tour of Kilifi County, noting that this was a new daily high for Kenya.
CS Kagwe reiterated his warning to the public, stating that the number of infections will continue to increase, especially with the lifting of the movement ban, if they downplay the disease and disregard measures for preventing its further spread.
CS Kagwe also reported that 76 more patients had been discharged, raising the total to 2,733, and that the number of fatalities had increased, following the deaths of eight other patients, raising the total to 181.
The new patients were found following the testing of 6,979 samples, which raised the total of samples tested in the country so far to 206,584.
Of the new cases, 468 were Kenyans and five foreigners, with the youngest being a year old and the eldest 90.
The cases were distributed across various counties, with Nairobi accounting for 316, Mombasa 43, Kiambu 25, and other counties reporting smaller numbers of cases.
CS Kagwe began his address by honouring Dr Doreen Adisa Lugaliki of Nairobi South Hospital, who died of the virus on Thursday night, becoming the first Kenyan doctor to succumb to the virus.
He asked the public to observe a minute of silence in her honour, and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) released a statement reiterating the importance of the welfare, occupational safety, and health of frontline workers.
According to the ministry, a total of 292 health workers have been infected with the disease since it was first reported in Kenya in March, with 160 being female and 132 male.
Dr Patrick Amoth, the Health ministry's acting director-general, also reported that out of the active cases of Covid-19 in Kenya, 44 were being treated in intensive care units (ICU), with 22 on ventilator support and the other 22 on supplemental oxygen.
