This archive report was first published on 14 July 2020.
On July 13, 2020, Kenya recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day, with 12 people succumbing to the disease between Sunday and Monday.
According to Health CS Mutahi Kagwe, the total number of fatalities now stands at 197.
CS Kagwe also announced 189 new cases of the novel coronavirus, pushing the country's total to 10,294.
The new cases are from 1,205 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of samples tested so far to 216,242.
Of the new cases, 106 are male and 83 are female, aged between 5 and 71 years old.
The cases are distributed across the country as follows: Nairobi (147), Kiambu (20), Machakos (11), Kajiado (5), Mombasa (2), Uasin Gishu, Kisumu, Laikipia, and Kericho have one case each.
CS Kagwe also announced that 65 patients have been discharged from various facilities, bringing the number of recoveries to 2,946 since the pandemic was reported in the country.
