Covid-19: Kenya cases cross 6,000 mark as 35 more leave hospital

Of the 259 new cases, Dr Mwangangi said 156 are Kenyans while three are foreigners.

Covid-19: Kenya cases cross 6,000 mark as 35 more leave hospital

Kenya’s Covid-19 cases increased to 6,070 after 259 people tested positive from 2,718 samples in the last 24 hours, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi has said.

During the Ministry of Health’s daily briefing on the virus at Afya House, Nairobi on Sunday, Dr Mwangangi said that another 35 people were discharged from various hospitals after full recovery.

The number of recoveries has now increased to 1,971, while two patients succumbed to the virus, taking the national death toll from the virus stands at 143.

In terms of gender distribution, she said that there were 159 male and 100 female patients aged between eight months and 92 years old.