This archive report was first published on 23 August 2020.
Kenya's coronavirus death toll has risen to 548 after six patients succumbed to related complications over a 24-hour period ending Sunday, August 23, 2020.
The country's case fatality rate stands at 1.69 per cent, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe.
Mr. Kagwe announced the recovery of 217 patients, including 178 who were placed under home-based care, in a statement sent to newsrooms.
The newly reported recoveries increased the number of cases cleared since April 1 to 18,670.
Mr. Kagwe also reported 246 newly detected infections picked from 4,179 screened samples, raising the cumulative number of cases reported since March 14 to 32,364.
The new cases included a year-old infant and were distributed among 157 males and 89 females.
Nairobi reported the highest caseload at 78, followed by Kajiado, Kiambu, and Nakuru counties, which reported 24, 22, and 20 cases each, respectively.
