This archive report was first published on 24 August 2020.
Kenya's COVID-19 cases have reached 32,557, with 193 new cases reported in the last 24 hours.
According to the Ministry of Health, 3,381 samples were collected and tested for the virus, with 193 cases confirmed.
Of the new cases, 137 were male and 56 were female, with the youngest case being a two-month-old infant and the oldest being 87 years old.
On a positive note, the Health Ministry has recorded 225 recoveries, with 188 from the Home Based Care Programme and 37 from various health facilities.
Unfortunately, the country has lost six patients due to COVID-19, bringing the total fatalities to 554.
Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman addressed the media, noting that 768 children under the age of 10 had tested positive and four had died due to COVID-19.
He also highlighted that 430 children under the age of five had been confirmed positive, with two deaths due to the virus.
“Early reports from the experience in China indicated that the proportion of children infected by the virus was small and that they generally experience mild disease,” said CAS Rashid Aman.
“It was thought they could be community reservoirs of transmission in households, but emerging evidence suggests that children are not super-spreaders of the virus,” he added.
CAS Rashid appealed to healthcare workers to continue rendering services, stating that their grievances are being addressed by the government.
