Covid-19: Kenya cases rise to 672 as 23 more test positive

Kenya's Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Rashid Aman updates the country on the Covid-19 coronavirus disease at Afya House in the capital Nairobi on May 7, 2020. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Kenya's coronavirus tally has risen to 672 after 23 people tested positive in the last 24 hours.

During a press briefing on Sunday, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said the number of recoveries in Kenya rose 239 after 32 more patients were discharged from hospital. Of the new positive cases, 12 are from Mombasa, six from Mandera, four from Nairobi and one from Kajiado. Dr Aman said that three of the cases were from quarantine facilities. He added that 32,097 samples have been tested in the country so far.