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Covid-19: 642 more declared cured as new cases hit 14,000

Kenya recorded the highest Covid-19 recovery rate on Tuesday after 642 patients were declared recovered within a period of 24 hours.

The number of patients who have recovered from the virus is now at 6,258.

Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said 587 of the new Covid-19 survivors were on home-based care and 55 were in hospitals across the country.

Coronavirus caseload in the country reached 14,168 after the Health ministry announced 397 additional cases.

Of the new patients, 389 were Kenyans and eight foreigners, 336 were male and 61 female. The youngest patient is aged one and the oldest 90.

Twelve more patients died overnight, raising the death toll to 250, Dr Aman said. 

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