Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi on Monday, May 25 announced the new 72 cases in the country bringing the total cases in the country to 1,286.
Out of the new cases, 2 people are from Somali and Uganda respectively while 70 were identified as Kenyan nationals.
Speaking during the daily Covid-19 briefing at Afya House, the CAS stated that 2,711 samples had been tested during the period bringing the total samples tested in the country to 61,971.
She further revealed that the Ministry of Health had so far set up 20 testing laboratories across the country to handle Covid-19 cases, and trained 11,000 health workers.