{"id":13590,"date":"2020-08-30T18:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13590"},"modified":"2020-08-30T18:45:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:45:21","slug":"covid-19-kenyas-tally-rises-to-34057-after-263-more-test-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/covid-19-kenyas-tally-rises-to-34057-after-263-more-test-positive","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Kenya\u2019s tally rises to 34,057 after 263 more test positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author: Mireri Junior\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Kenya has recorded 263 more Covid-19 positive cases in the past 24 hours raising the country&#8217;s total caseload to 34, 057.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement sent by the Ministry of Health on Sunday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe (pictured) said the new cases are from 4,424 samples which pushes\u00a0the country\u2019s cumulative tests to 450, 146.\u00a0In terms of gender, 180 are male and 83 are female while the youngest case is one-year-old and the oldest is aged 83.<\/p>\n<p>Of the new cases, 259 are Kenyans while 4 are foreigners.\u00a0On a positive note, 98 patients recovered with 79 on the home-based care programme while 19 were discharged from various hospital bringing the total number of recoveries to 19, 688.<\/p>\n<p>On a sad note, 2 patients died from Covid-19 bringing Kenya\u2019s fatalities to 574.\u00a0Nairobi leads with 81 cases, Kiambu 26, Embu 20, Makueni 16, Nakuru 15, Nyeri 13, Taita Taveta 10, Busia 10, Mombasa 9, Garissa 8, Kajiado 7, Kisii 6, Kitui 6, Tana River 5, Migori 4, Machako 3, Lamu 3, Narok3, Kisumu 2, Baringo 2, Bomet 2, Laikipia 2, Meru 2, Muranga 2, Siaya 1, Vihiga 1, Isiolo 1 and Kilifi 1.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nairobi sub-county distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 56 new cases in Nairobi are distributed as follows:\u00a0 Westlands (6), Langata and Starehe (9) cases each, Kibra and Makadara (8) cases each, Embakasi West (7), Embakasi East, Embakasi South and Roysambu (5) cases each, Dagoretti North, Kasarani and Westlands (4) cases each, Dagoretti South and Embakasi North (3) case.<\/p>\n<p>Embakasi Central, Mathare and Ruaka reported (20 cases each while Kamkunji had (1) case.\u00a0In Kiambu, the 26 cases are in Thika (10), Kiambu town (6) Ruiru (5), Kikuyu (4) and Lari (1).\u00a0In Embu, the 20 cases are Mbeere South (18) while Manyatta and Mbeere North have (1) case each.\u00a0In Makueni county,\u00a0\u00a0the 18 new cases are all in Makueni town.<\/p>\n<p>In Nakuru, the 15 cases are in Nakuru West (14) and Nakuru East (1).\u00a0In Nyeri, the 13 cases re in Mathira East (8) and Nyeri Central (5).\u00a0In Taita Taveta, the 10 cases are in Mwatate and Voi (4) cases each while Taveta has (2).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This came as global cases surge surged past 25 million on Sunday, as India marked a worldwide record for daily new cases with 78,761 cases in the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In Africa, Namibia has announced plans to lift lockdown restrictions, allowing international travel, schools to reopen and onsite alcohol consumption from September, President Hage Geingob announced Friday, but he extended an overnight curfew as Covid-19 cases continue to rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Mireri Junior\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: Kenya has recorded 263 more Covid-19 positive cases in the past 24 hours raising the country&#8217;s total caseload to 34, 057. 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