Coronavirus

No COVID-19 Death Reported In The Last 24 Hours, 114 New Cases

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4 years ago

September 1, 2020

The Ministry of Health has announced 114 new cases in the last 24 hours raising the countries COVID-19 figures to 34,315.

The new cases come from a sample size of 1,682 that health officials took for testing.

From the cases, 113 are Kenyans while one is a foreigner. In terms of gender 93 are male while 21 are female.

The youngest to contract the disease is a one-year-old while the oldest is 85.

318 patients have recovered from the disease, 263 from the Home- Based Care Programme and 55 have been discharged from various hospitals bringing the total recoveries now stand at 20,211.

The number of fatalities remains at 577 as no new COVID-19 death has been reported in the last 24 hours.

During the daily COVID-19 status update, the Director of Public Health Dr Francis Kuria confirmed that 27 patients are currently in the Intensive Care Unit.

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