This archive report was first published on 7 August 2020.
Kenya's cumulative number of coronavirus cases shot to 25,138 on Friday, August 7, 2020, with the recording of 727 more cases after the testing of 6,814 samples.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe reported that 674 more patients had recovered, raising the total to 11,118, while 14 patients had died, raising the death toll to 413.
Of the new patients, 711 were Kenyans and 16 foreigners, while 539 were male and 188 female.
CS Kagwe noted the continued recording of more cases of male patients and urged them to be as careful as women had been.
As of August 7, 2020, Kenya had tested a total of 342,132 samples, with the first Covid-19 case confirmed on March 13, 2020.
During a tour of Kisii County to assess measures taken to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, CS Kagwe visited alongside government officials including Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and Council of Governor chair Wycliffe Oparanya.
He lauded Kisii Governor James Ongwae on steps including the establishment of five isolation facilities with 386 beds and the availability of 41 beds for patients needing intensive care.
CS Kagwe also noted that the Kenya Medical Training College in the county, which is being used as a quarantine facility, has 400 beds.
He urged the public not to be afraid to go for treatment, saying, "Don't remain at home. You may end up succumbing to those other illnesses," and attributed the development in Kisii's health sector to its good working relationship with the national government.
