By JILL NAMATSI More by this AuthorKenya on Sunday reported a record high of 960 cases of Covid-19 following the testing of 8,261 samples in the last 24 hours. This pushed the county past the 17,000 mark - to 17,603 - with the number of cases recorded daily increasing drastically. Globally, according to Covid-19 case tracker Wordometer, the number of coronavirus cases was 16,256,472 as of July 26. AdvertisementCASE DISTRIBUTIONOf the 960 new cases, male patients numbers 604 and female patients 356. Following the surge in the number of infections in Kenya, President Kenyatta has called a national and county governments' summit on Covid-19.

Source: Daily Nation July 26, 2020 13:33 UTC