This archive report was first published on 21 August 2020.
Kenya's coronavirus caseload has reached 31,763, with 322 new cases reported on Friday, August 21, 2020, following the testing of 4,470 samples in 24 hours.
The total number of samples tested since the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in the country on March 13 has now reached 412,080.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Mercy Mwangangi reported 288 more recoveries, bringing the total to 18,157, and 16 more deaths, bringing the toll to 532, in the daily briefing on Friday.
The country's case fatality rate was 1.6 per cent, while the positivity rate as of Thursday was 7.9 per cent, which the ministry intends to lower to five per cent.
Of the new patients, 179 were males and 143 females, with the youngest being three months old and the oldest 92 years old.
Dr Mwangangi also reported that 31 people were in intensive care units across the country, with 190 of the recovered patients treated at home and 98 at various hospitals.
