Kenya has confirmed 25 new cases of the coronavirus in tests conducted in the past 24 hours, with the locked down Eastleigh recording the highest new infections.
Speaking at Afya House, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr Rashid Aman noted that Eastleigh accounted for nine of 17 cases that were reported in Nairobi.
Dr Aman said the new cases were confirmed after testing 632 samples, with the Thursday numbers bringing the total number of infections in the country to 602.
According to the CAS, 22 of those new Covid-19 patients are Kenyans, with the rest being one Ugandan, one Chinese and a Tanzanian national.
Total virus recoveries now stand at 197, while fatalities stood at 29 after three more people succumbed to the deadly novel disease.
Isiolo county became the latest county to report positive cases of Covid-19, according to Dr Aman, and this now brings the number of affected counties to 18.
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