Kenya on Sunday crossed the 34,000 mark in its number of confirmed coronavirus cases since March 13, with the reporting of 263 new infections.
In a statement, Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Mutahi Kagwe said the new patients were found following the analysis of 4,424 samples in the last 24 hours, raising the count to 34,057.
CS Kagwe also announced two more deaths, which raising the country’s death toll to 574.
Another 98 patients recovered, 79 in the home-based care program and 19 in hospitals, raising the total number of recovered patients to 19,688.
As of August 30, Kenya had tested a total of 450,146 samples for the disease, strengthened systems in support of home-care for patients and rolled out a campaign for more community involvement in curbing the virus.
