The Kenyan Health Ministry on Saturday confirmed 947 new cases of COVID-19 from 6,862 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of confirmed positive infections to 48,790.
So far Kenya has tested 653,229 samples since March.
The health ministry said the new cases included 924 Kenyans and 23 foreigners.
The cases are made up of 595 males and 352 females; the youngest is a one-year-old while the oldest is 96 years.
The Ministry of Health also announced 455 patients recovered from the virus with 343 on the home-based care program while 112 were discharged from various hospitals bringing the total number of recoveries to 33,876.
The ministry also stated that there are 22 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 62 on supplementary oxygen, while 16 are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).
A total of 1,167 are admitted in various health facilities while 3,464 are on Home Based Isolation and Care.
The death toll from the virus has also risen to 896 after 12 more patients succumbed to the virus.
