The Kenyan Ministry Of Health on Monday said 413 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 3,489 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 77,785 the total number of confirmed infections in Kenya.

Of the cases 399 are Kenyans and 14 are foreigners; 254 are males and 159 females, while the youngest is a five-year-old child and the oldest is 99.

In a statement to newsrooms, the Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said 396 patients recovered from the coronavirus – 326 from the Home Based Care Program while 70 were discharged from various hospitals – taking the total recoveries to 51,903.

The minister however also stated that 12 patients succumbed to the disease, bringing the cumulative fatalities to 1,392.

"Currently there are 1,182 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide, while 7,142 are on Home Based Isolation and Care. 52 patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 32 of whom are on ventilatory support, and 16 on supplemental oxygen, read the statement.

"Another 86 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen out of whom 74 are in the general wards and 12 are in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).”

(With input from agencies)