Read < 1minuteA health worker takes the temperature of a person standing in line for mass testing in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya, May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Kenya now has 33,794 declared cases of the coronavirus following its reporting of the first one on March 13.
In their daily briefing, the Health Ministry announced another record low in the number of daily infections on Saturday, saying 164 patients were found after 3,009 samples were analyzed in the last 24 hours.
In a statement, Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also announced 156 more recoveries, bringing the total to 19,590, and five more deaths bringing the toll to 572.
The total number of samples tested in Kenya so far is 445,722.158 of the new patients were Kenyans and six foreigners whereas the youngest one was six months old and the oldest 89.
Ninety were male and 74 females, with Nairobi County accounting for 56 of the cases.
