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NAIROBI, July 23-- Kenya's total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 15,601 after 796 infections, the highest ever recorded in a single day, were confirmed on Thursday, Kenya's Ministry of Health said. Mercy Mwangangi, Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Health said the latest infections are from 6,754 samples tested, bringing the total number of samples tested so far to 261,027. "The news is not any better. It is the day we have recorded the highest number of cases since the pandemic struck," Mwangangi told journalists in a televised media briefing in Nairobi. She however revealed that out of the number, 793 are Kenyans while three are foreign nationals. Mwangangi said 378 patients were discharged and 199 of the new recoveries are people who were under the home-based care system, bringing the total number of recoveries to 7,135. She said three patients succumbed to the disease, bringing the total number of deaths to 263. As COVID-19 cases surge in Kenya at an alarming rate, authorities in the East African nation have moved to reinforce containment measures, some of which citizens have been flouting. A number of citizens, in both urban and rural areas, have not been wearing masks as required in public places. Similarly, many politicians and government officials have been holding public gatherings that attract throngs putting many at risk of contracting the virus. | 
