Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said that 64 more samples of the virus tests turned positive on Saturday.
This brings the total number of positive cases in the country since March 13, 2020, to 96,678.
The new cases were picked from a sample size of 1,852 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative tests to 1,052,836.
The CS said that from the cases, 59 are Kenyans while5 are foreigners and 35 are males, and 29 females.
The youngest is a six-year-old child while the oldest is 81.
Also, 55 patients have recovered from the disease, 41 being from the Home-Based Care Program, while 14 have been discharged from various hospitals.
The total recoveries now stand at 79,012.
Four patients have succumbed to the disease bringing the cumulative fatalities to 1,685.
Kagwe said that there are 657 patients admitted in various health facilities countrywide and 2,989 on Home Based Isolation and Care.
Twenty-nine patients are in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 14 of whom are on ventilatory support and 12 on supplemental oxygen.
Three are on observation, and another 19 patients are separately on supplementary oxygen and19 others are in the general wards. None is in HDU
Nairobi recorded 34 cases, Kisii 5, Laikipia 5, Meru 3, Machakos 3, Mombasa 2, Busia 2, and TaitaTaveta 2.
Kiambu 1, Embu 1, Kajiado 1, Kilifi 1, Nakuru 1,Nyandarua 1, Siaya 1 and Uasin Gishu 1.
The 34 cases in Nairobi are from Lang’ata 7, Dagoretti North, Embakasi Central, Kibraand Starehe 3 cases each, Embakasi West, Kamukunji andKasarani 2 cases each.
Dagoretti South, Embakasi East, EmbakasiNorth, Embakasi South, Makadara, Mathare, Roysambu, Ruarakaand Westlands 1 case each.