This archive report was first published on 17 May 2020.
On Sunday, Kenya recorded 57 new cases of Covid-19, the highest number since the first case on March 13, 2020.
According to the Ministry of Health, the new cases were detected from 2198 tested samples.
“Today’s Covid-19 figures demonstrate that the disease is still within our midst and the infection curve is yet to flatten. We therefore urge Kenyans to continue observing the measures advocated for to flatten our curve and keep all of us safe,” the ministry said in a statement.
The new cases were distributed across various counties, with Mombasa recording the highest number of cases at 35, followed by Nairobi with 17, Kajiado with three, and Kwale and Kitui counties each recording one case.
Of the new cases, 34 were male and 23 were female, with the youngest being two years old and the oldest 61 years old.
As of Sunday, a total of 43,712 samples had been tested cumulatively, with 12 patients having fully recovered from the coronavirus, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 313, while those who have succumbed to the disease remained at 50.
