Kenya on Thursday reported 147 new Covid-19 cases and three more deaths, raising the tally of infections to 1,618 and the death toll to 58.

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said in a briefing that 13 coronavirus patients left hospitals in the past 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries in the country to 421.

The number of Covid-19 cases recorded Thursday is the highest since the first case was reported in Kenya on March 13.

During the same briefing, Kiambu Governor James Nyoro said that Tigoni Level Four Hospital, which was converted into a Covid-19 isolation centre, has the capacity to accommodate 45 patients.

He asked the Health minister to facilitate the hospital with testing kits to speed up mass testing.