Laikipia is now the latest county to join the list of counties affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman, while addressing today’s covid 19 update, confirmed 74 new cases, raising Kenya’s total to 1962.
This was after a total of 1,074 samples were tested, totaling to 78,536 samples collected so far.
In terms of counties: Nairobi leads with 35 new infections, Mombasa 23, Busia 6, while Kiambu, Kwale, and Kajiado recorded 2 cases.
Kilifi, Uasin Gishu, Taita Taveta and Laikipia each recorded 1 case.
Total number of counties with patients who have contracted coronavirus now stands at 34.
In Nairobi, the ministry continues to focus on Langata, after it recorded an additional 19 new cases. Embakasi East and Central each recorded 3 cases of the coronavirus.
Dagoretti, Embakasi West and Westlands each recorded 2 new cases, while Kamukunji, Makadara and starehe recorded 1 new case.
All the 143 cases are Kenyans, 110 males and 33 females with the age ranging between 1 month for the youngest and 88 years for the oldest.
One person however died in Kayole, further raising Kenya’s fatalities to 64.
While responding to the rising cases of inmates contracting the virus, Dr. Rashid Aman assured Kenyans that the government will work with the agencies concerned to instill further measures such as prohibiting visits.
“We will continue to watch and work with the correctional departments to look at all the remand prisons,” he said.
