This archive report was first published on 11 July 2020.
Kenya's Covid-19 Cases Edge Closer to 10,000 ¶
Published on July 11, 2020
Kenya has recorded 278 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total cases to 9,726, with 99 people recovering and three patients passing away.
Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi announced the new cases while inspecting Kwale County's Covid-19 preparedness to determine areas of support needed.
According to Mwangangi, the cases were recorded from 1,403 samples tested in the last 24 hours, with the total samples tested since the outbreak in March 2020 now standing at 207,987.
Of the new cases, 139 were recorded in Kwale, with all of them recovering apart from nine who are under home-based care.
Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya assured that the county had prepared 340 isolation beds as directed by the government and thanked the Ministry of Health for the collaboration and support offered to the county government in containing the virus.
He also announced that virus testing would be done in Msambweni in the near future and consoled the family of doctor Doreen Adisa Lugaliki who succumbed to the virus on Friday, July 10, 2020.
