During a press briefing at Afya House in Nairobi, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Rashid Aman said that of the 22 new cases aged between 24 and 73 years-old, 17 were males while five were females.

Nairobi had 10 cases, Mombasa nine while Kwale, Nakuru and Taita Taveta had one case each.

Nairobi had the highest numbers at 10 distributed in Mathare (2), Kibra (2), Makadara, Embakasi West, Eastleigh, Ruaraka, Lang’ata and Westlands had one case each.

Kwale had one case in Lunga Lunga, Nakuru one and Taita Taveta with one from a quarantine facility.

Cumulatively there are 1,214 confirmed positive cases out of 59, 260 samples tested so far,” Dr Aman said.